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Volume #21 - 548. | ||
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CHAPTER VI MIDDLE EAST | ||
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PART
1 WESTERN EUROPE | ||
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SECTION
B EGYPT | ||
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DEA/50000-C-40 | |
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Memorandum from Under-Secretary of State for External Affairs to Secretary of State for External Affairs | ||
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[Ottawa],
July 8th, 1955 | |
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SALE AND EXPORT OF JET AIRCRAFT TO EGYPT | ||
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As I reported in my memorandum of June [23],? the Supply Department of the Egyptian Air Force is interested in obtaining from Canadair a quotation on 20 Canadian Orenda Sabres and/or 20 Super Sabres, and in addition they wish to place firm orders for 15 Harvard T6G reconditioned aircraft. In accordance with our usual practice, we have consulted the United Kingdom authorities informally about this order. I now enclose for your information a letter dated June 30 from the Commonwealth Relations Office to our High Commission in London, indicating that there are no objections to the export of the 15 Harvards, but that the United Kingdom Government would be grateful if we could discourage Canadair from submitting quotations on the Sabre jet aircraft. If you approve, I propose to ask the Department of Trade and Commerce to inform the Canadair Company that they may go ahead and, if possible, develop firm orders for the 15 Harvard trainer aircraft.3 R. M[ACDONNELL]
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