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The Consul at Rangoon (Brady) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 30.]
Sir: I have the honor to report that the local representative of the Chinese Aviation Commission has information that thirty American volunteer airmen will reach here within the next few days on the way to China to become identified with China’s air force; that nine additional airmen, all pilots, will arrive at this port in a week or ten days, and that 150 more volunteers will come to Rangoon from the West Coast of the United States on a Dutch ship in August. The volunteers include pilots and ground-crew members.
The Americans will take charge of the Curtiss P–40 pursuit planes (known to the British as “Tomahawks”), 68 of which are now in Rangoon, and ten of which have been assembled.
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Respectfully yours,