811.79620 Boeing Airplane Co./7
The Secretary of State to the Secretary of Commerce (Hoover)
The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Honorable the Secretary of Commerce, and with reference to Mr. MacCracken’s letter of February 4 to Mr. White regarding the projected journey of Mr. Ralph A. O’Neill to various South American countries in the interest of the Boeing Airplane Company and the Pratt and Whitney Motor Corporation, has the honor to say that appropriate instructions have been sent by cable to the American Embassies at Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, Santiago and Lima, and to the American Legation at Montevideo.97 Instructions have also been sent by mail to the American Legations at La Paz, Quito, Bogotá and Caracas.98
It is assumed that Mr. O’Neill will communicate with the United States War Department in order to obtain permission to fly over the Panama Canal Zone and to arrange for flying in Panama.