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823.00 Revolutions/119: Telegram

The Ambassador in Peru (Dearing) to the Secretary of State

Lima, March 1, 1931—8 a.m.
[Received 2:15 p.m.]

72. Juan O’Connor, chief of Flying Service, has seized two Johnson-Shippee planes and ordered pilots Hay, Shippee and Johnson, over their protest, to make a flight with military officers to Pisco. I am protesting at once to Foreign Minister and asking release of planes and pilots. Major Allen5 is doing the same to Juan.

Dearing
  1. Major C. J. Allen, Military Attaché.↩