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 57 STAT.] CANADA-ALASKA HIGHWAY-Nov. 28, 1942 1377 Dec. 7, 1942 November 28 and Agreement between the United States of America and Canada respecting December 7, 1942 the Haines-Champagne section of Alaska Highway. Effected by [E.A. S. 382 exchange of notes signed at Ottawa November 28 and December 7, 1942. The American Minister to the Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA No. 798 Ottawa, November 28, 1942. SIR: I have the honor to refer to my conversation with Mr. Keenleyside of November 11, 1942, in which, on behalf of the Government of the United States of America, I requested the approval of the Canadian Government for the construction by appropriate American agencies of the Canadian section of a road from Haines Point, Alaska, to Champagne, Yukon Territory, where it would join the Alaska (Alcan) Highway which is now being constructed according to agreement between our two Governments. As I pointed out, the construction of this cut-off road would give the United States Army additional facilities for distributing supplies in Yukon and Alaska by truck, and would materially supplement the quantity of freight that can now be moved into the Whitehorse area over the narrow gauge White Pass and Yukon Railway. The Canadian Government was good enough to inform me orally on November 19, 1942, that it authorized the construction of that part of the Haines-Champagne road which lies in Canada and I have been directed to express the appreciation of the United States Govern- ment for this new mark of Canadian cooperation. My Government has now instructed me to propose to the Canadian Government that the Haines-Champagne cut-off road shall hence- forth be considered an integral part of the Alcan Highway, subject in all applicable respects to the terms of the agreement reached in our exchange of notes of March 17-18, 1942. 6e tat 14 58 . Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. PIERREPONT MOFFAT The Right Honorable The SECRETARY OF STATE FOR EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, Ottawa.

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