Office of the Historian

800.79611 Pangborn-Herndon Flight/34: Telegram

The Chargé in Japan (Neville) to the Secretary of State

Tokyo, June 11, 1931—noon.
[Received June 11—8:05 a.m.]

80. Department’s telegram No. 65, April 21, 3 p.m. Permission granted Pangborn-Herndon to make emergency landing or flight over Japanese territory if necessitated by unexpected circumstances subject to usual restrictions against flying over fortified zones or carrying firearms or cameras. If a forced landing is made on Japanese territory the matter must be reported nearest Japanese officials. Subsequent flights must be made only at direction of such officials.

Neville