Office of the Historian

811.79690 Pan American Airways/99: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Grew)19

Washington, September 10, 1937—6 p.m.

198. Please inform the Japanese Government that Pan American Airways Company is continuing its operations between Manila and Macau and Hong Kong as an integral part of the Trans-Pacific route which it now operates under the provisions of Foreign Airmail Contract No. 14 between that company and the United States Post Office Department. The type of aircraft used is the Sikorsky S–428, which is being prominently identified as an American aircraft by painting an American flag on both the upper and lower surfaces of the wing as well as upon the sides of the cabin.

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  1. A similar telegram, No. 229, was sent to the Ambassador in China at Nanking; and on November 3 the Department advised the Ambassador (telegram No. 338, 5 p.m.) of a change in plans, to be repeated to the Embassy in Japan (811.79690 Pan American Airways/99, 115).↩