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Volume #12 - 905. | |
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CHAPTER XI RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES | |
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PART
3 DEFENCE | |
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SECTION
A SOVEREIGNTY IN THE ARCTIC | |
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DEA/50220-40 |
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Senior United States Army Member, PJBD, Secretary, Canadian Section, PIED | |
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Washington,
April 30th, 1946 | |
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Dear Mr. Macdonnell, The US Army Air Forces, Air Transport Command, has requested authority of the War Department to institute a regular air transport service of three round trips per week as soon as a standard operating procedure can be established between Meeks Field, Iceland, and Ladd Field, Fairbanks, Alaska (total distance 3,200 statute miles). This service has been approved in principle by the War Department and the State Department, and clearance has been obtained from the Iceland Government. This letter is written in order to request the concurrence of the Canadian Government. Will you kindly present this matter to the proper authorities and give me, as early as practicable, the concurrence of your Government? It is not expected that any Canadian airfields will be used in this regular service, but, of course, Canadian territory would be flown over. The purpose of establishing this air transport route, which has been designated "Polaris," using three (3) B-29 airplanes, is as follows: To gain operation experience in the Arctic. To determine navigational difficulties and procedures for overcoming same. To investigate the reliability of communications. To analyze polar air masses. To study air mass circulation in Polar regions. GUY V. HENRY | |
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