Office of the Historian

811.0141 Phoenix Group/16: Telegram

The Vice Consul at Wellington (Lane) to the Secretary of State

Wellington, August 27, 1937—5 p.m.
[Received August 27—6:25 a.m.]

Press report from Suva dated August 27th states that British naval vessel Leith left there for Canton Island at 7:30 p.m., August 26th taking 2 radio operators, building material and equipment for the establishment of a wireless station on the island.32

Lane
  1. In his telegram of September 22, 1937, 4 p.m., the Vice Consul at Wellington stated that press despatches confirmed the establishment of a two-way short wave radio station in the charge of two operators, on August 31 (811.0141 Phoenix Group/20).↩