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Jan. 17, 1944 1241 58 STAT.] CANADA-RADIO BROADCASTING STATIONS--J' 27 1944 1241 approval of the Department of Transport and shall be ar- ranged directly through the channel already established between the Controller of Radio of the Department of Trans- port, Ottawa, and the office of the Chief Signal Officer, Washington, in the same manner as for all other radio facil- ities of the United States Armed Forces in Canada. Any or all necessary changes in the foregoing particulars shall be dealt with through the same channel; (8) that the stations will be dealt with after the war in accord- ance with the exchange of notes of January 27, 1943, 57 Stat. 142. between Canada and the United States, covering post-war disposition of United States defence facilities in Canada. (9) that any land or leasehold required by the United States Gov- ernment as sites for the stations shall be acquired by the Canadian Government in its name, and shall be made avail- able to the United States Government without charge. I trust that the foregoing arrangements will be acceptable to the United States Government. Yours sincerely, N A ROBERTSON Under Secretary of State for Ewternal Affairs The Hon. RAY ATHERTON, United States Ambassador to Canada, United States Embassy, Ottawa. The American Embassy to the CanadianDepartment of External Affairs EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Ottawa, January17,1944. DEAR MR. ROBERTSON: Your letter of November 25, 1943 granting, under certain condi- tions, our request to construct and operate radio broadcasting stations in Northwestern Canada was forwarded immediately to Washington. We have now been authorized to say that the stipulations made by the Canadian Government are acceptable to the United States War Department. Yours sincerely, LEwIS CLARK. N. A. ROBESON, Esquire, Under Secretary of State for EaternalAffairs, Ottawa.