815.248/36: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Honduras (Lay)
54. Your 133, June 21, 3 p.m. The Department perceives no objection to an American citizen coming to the United States to act as a purchasing agent for a foreign government and to his acting as pilot of an airplane from the United States to a foreign country, provided the question of entering the armed service of a foreign government does not arise.
Application for license to export airplane and machine gun from the United States to Honduras (which must contain complete information for identification) will be considered when received by this Department.
In order to be flown over the United States en route to Honduras it would be necessary for the plane to be licensed by the Department of Commerce. Furthermore, the Department of Commerce has indicated that … pilot’s license in the United States has expired and would need to be renewed.