810.79611 Pan American Airways, Inc./718: Telegram
The Chargé in Chile (Lay) to the Secretary of State
[Received 6:30 p.m.]
166. Referring to my despatch number 299, October 21.47 Article 7 of enclosure which has not been promulgated officially in the Diario Oficial but press announces decree with this clause signed by President. Request telegraphic instructions whether the Department desires me to remind Chilean Government of uniform attitude respecting the Calvo clause in the contracts between Chilean Government and American citizens and companies. A number of purchase and other Chilean Government contracts with Americans have in the past included this clause.
- Not printed; it transmitted the draft of a decree with regard to the prolongation of the lines of the Pan American-Grace Airways, Inc., to Argentina, article 7 of which in translation reads as follows: “The company renounces all diplomatic recourse tending to the solving of difficulties that might arise from compliance with or execution of the present concession, establishing for that purpose, the jurisdiction of the Chilean tribunals. Note, register, communicate, and publish in the Official Bulletin.” (810.79611 Pan American Airways, Inc./714)↩