810.79611 Pan American Airways, Inc./526: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Chile (Culbertson)
73. Your 110, July 9, 4 p.m. Post Office Department states that their action was taken at the urgent behest of Pan American-Grace Airways. That company informed the Post Office Department some time ago that they were ready to begin operations and had equipment, et cetera. Post Office Department inquired whether they had made satisfactory arrangements with Chilean Government and was informed in the affirmative. It was on this basis that the announcement was made. Representatives of Pan American-Grace Airways yesterday advised Post Office Department that while there is a hitch in the negotiations with Chile they expect to have it all straightened out so that service can begin on the sixteenth. Consult with MacGregor and cable if you have any recommendations as to action to be taken by this Department or the Post Office Department.