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Volume #14 - 915. | |
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CHAPITRE X RELATIONS AVEC LE COMMONWEALTH | |
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7E PARTIE TÉLÉCOMMUNICATIONS | |
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DEA/7767-40 |
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Décret | |
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P.C. 2103 |
Ottawa,
le 11 mai 1948 |
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The Committee of the Privy Council have had before them a report dated May 7th, 1948 from the Secretary of State for Extemal Affairs, submitting: (1) That the Cabinet at its meeting of January 19, 1948, approved the recommendations of the Interdepartmental Committee on Telecommunications to the effect that Canada should sign an over-all Commonwealth agreement for the nationalization of extemal telecommunications services provided that the protocol to the agreement indicate that this agreement does not commit governments to the financial arrangements described therein and that the said protocol clarify the clause relating to the procedure for acquisition of local companies; (2) That the conditions stipulated by the Cabinet have been met; (3) That the United Kingdom government has proposed that the partner govem ments formally authorize a representative in London to sign the Agreement and Protocol on May 11, 1948; (4) That it is expedient that such a representative be appointed. The Committee, therefore, on the recommendation of the Secretary of State for External Affairs, advise that Norman Robertson, Esq., the High Commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom be authorized to sign an over-all Commonwealth Agreement for the nationalization of external telecommunications services together with a Protocol as aforesaid. | |
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