822.014G/471
The Secretary of the Navy (Knox) to the Secretary of State
Washington, October 19, 1940.
My Dear Mr. Secretary: You will remember at the Cabinet meeting Friday, the President suggested I get a clearance from your Department on the matter of the Galápagos Islands.
The suggestion made was that an arrangement be had under which a landing field and an anchorage for flying boats be established there and paid for out of the funds set up for that purpose.
[Page 855]I shall be very glad to have your Department indicate whether it is agreeable to you for these negotiations to be initiated.
Yours sincerely,
Frank Knox