810.79611 Tri-Motors Safety Airways/32: Telegram
The Chargé in Great Britain (Atherton) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 25—9:07 a.m.]
128. Department’s 104, April 30, 2 p.m.66 Foreign Office stated May 24th that the Governors of Trinidad and British Guiana were instructed May 17th by cable to grant temporary permission for three Sikorsky aeroplanes belonging to New York, Rio, and Buenos Aires Line, Incorporated, to fly over and land in these two British Colonies on the understanding that this permission would only hold good for one flight each way. Foreign Office stated further that the local authorities there were also authorized to admit the aeroplanes free of duty contingent upon reexportation provided that this privilege could legally be granted under the local laws.