810.79611 Pan American Airways, Inc./589
The Consul at Guadeloupe (Hunt) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 6.]
Sir: In acknowledgment of the Department’s telegram of July 16th, regarding the flight of the Sikorsky Amphibian of the Pan American Airways, a copy of which is enclosed herewith,24 I have the honor to refer to my despatch No. 70 of July 5th, 1929,23 and to report that following telegrams from the Pan American Airways at San Juan, Porto Rico, announcing the arrival of the Amphibian in Guadeloupe territory, a request for permission to land was addressed to the Governor of the Colony on behalf of Mr. Robert G. Thatch and his companions.
The Governor refused to grant the authorization requested, on the grounds that the request of Mr. Thatch was not received a sufficiently long time in advance to allow him to take a decision in the matter.
I have [etc.]