811.79620 Boeing Airplane Co./39: Telegram
The Ambassador in Argentina (Bliss) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:10 p.m.]
7. Your 7, January 8, 5 p.m. Inasmuch as the time was too short to obtain ratification of contract by Executive prior to end of Alvear term it was thought safer to inaugurate fresh negotiations with the new administration. These are not concluded yet, the main point of discussion being method of reimbursing company. O’Neil’s representative seems to be confident as to ultimate prospects14 but by reason of recent change of administration Government business is subject to delay. Commercial attaché also cabling.
- A decree granting Tri-Motors Airways the right to establish an air service with the United States was signed Feb. 28, 1929. The decree embodying the contract was printed in the Buenos Aires La Epoca, Feb. 28, 1929. (File No. 811.79620 Boeing Airplane Co./41, 42.)↩