Mr* Hoyer Millar*
May I suggest a slight re-wording of the last paragraph
of this letter as follows:-
"As regards the delivery of military aircraft which have
been ordered in this country by H.M.G., provisional arrangements
have been made by the manufacturers, after consultation with
the A* A* and with the consent of the State Department and the
Canadian authorities concerned, whereby t&e aircraft are flown
to Sweetgrass, Montana^.   Here there is a vast natural landing
ground adjoining the frontier, and it stretches into Canadian
territory at Coutts, Alberta.   On landing at Sweetgrass, the
engines of the aircraft are stopped*   The planes are then hauled
across an imaginary frontier line on to Canadian soil, where
they are handed over to Canadian pilots and flown away* This
arrangement appears reasonably satisfactory for a considerable
part of the year, but now that heavy snow has fallen in the
district, which is at an altitude of 5500 feet, conditions are
not so favourable*   The principle of this procedure is, however,
to be adopted at another frontier point*- it to be selected, and
a similar procedure will also be followed in the case of
flying boats, which will be taken out to sea and handed over
to Canadian pilots beyond the three-mile limit
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