[6th Trans Atlantic Telegraph Cable Circuit - Hydra ]

Handwritten note on Minutes Sheet referred to DCRS2, CRS2-3 pertaining to British request for 6th telegraph cable circuit, to be terminated at the Ottawa Traffic Centre in Leitrim and patched to the British Embassy in Washington. Note indicates the 6th transatlantic telegraph circuit has now been installed at Leitrim and has been patched through to the British Embassy in Washington on permanent basis. British now have direct connection to British Embassy in Washington and to High Commission in Ottawa. British UN rep in New York maintains connection through the Ottawa Traffic Centre, but this may come off and be routed through the British Embassy in Washington.

Department of National Defence

Fixed Communications - Hydra Telegraph Relay System - Relocation of Hydra - Plans and Policy, RG24, S-2723-2, Vol. 2, Library and Archives Canada (LAC)

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