710.G1A/313: Telegram
The Chairman of the American Delegation (Hull) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received December 16—2:26 a.m.]
58. Doctor Rowe39 has requested the Delegation to present a resolution in the following sense:
That through the intermediary of the Pan American Union five short-wave radio frequencies in five different bands have been assigned for the broadcasting of inter-American radio programs intended for use in promoting better understanding among American Republics by broadcasting of music and addresses on cultural and intellectual lines and that as the utilization of these frequencies requires installation by governments of equipment for both broadcasting and distribution that the Conference recommend that the governments avail themselves as promptly as possible of the assignment of these frequencies and request the Pan American Union to take the steps necessary for their use and to formulate a plan for the assignment of the frequencies to the several countries.
As the authority for the assignment of these frequencies is not quite clear to the delegation and as we are not quite decided as to the advisability of our delegation initiating this proposal request the advice of the Department in regard thereto. Please expedite reply.
- Leo S. Rowe, Director General, Pan American Union.↩