800.79611 Pangborn-Herndon Flight/7: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Forbes)
50. Please obtain necessary permission from appropriate Japanese authorities for following flight over Japanese territory and report by cable:
Starting about second week in April. Clyde E. Pangborn, Transport License No. 240 and Hugh Herndon, Jr., Transport License No. 7214.
Type of plane Bellanca J–type with Wright J–6 engine and possesses United States registration, identification and airworthiness License No. NR–796W.
Department of Commerce approves both pilots and equipment. Itinerary New York via Irish Free State, England, France, Poland to Moscow–Kerak–Vladivostok–Alaska–Canada–New York, or possibly from Kerak to Tokyo and across Pacific to United States. Time of flight about 15 days.
Will carry emergency tool kit and emergency food supply but no firearms, camera or radio. Plane owned by A. T. W. Corporation, composed of Emil Roth, Jr., Pangborn and Herndon.
Interested persons making own arrangements for flight over Russian territory.
Department has sent similar telegrams to Paris and Peiping.