810.79611 Tri-Motors Safety Airways/49
The Chargé in Uruguay (Gade) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 19.]
Sir: With reference to the Department’s telegram No. 8 of April 30, 1929,67 and to my telegram No. 27 of May 13, 1929, regarding three Sikorsky airplanes belonging to the New York, Rio and Buenos Aires Line, Inc., I have the honor to report that the Uruguayan Ministry of Defense has granted formal permission for the flights over Uruguayan territory.
In spite of repeated representations by the Foreign Office, the Ministry of Finance has not yet accorded permission for the free entry of the airplanes in question.
I shall continue my efforts to expedite the matter, and shall not fail promptly to advise the Department by telegraph upon the receipt of a reply from the Ministry of Finance.
I have [etc.]