Office of the Historian

892.248/45: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Thailand (Grant)

Washington, August 22, 1941—6 p.m.

107. Your 342, July 1371 and 350, July 17. The President has approved an award of $13,161.52, with interest at the rate of 4 percent, from March 11, 1941 to August 19, 1941, for the 24 machine guns requisitioned by this Government. In all probability a decision will be reached in connection with the aircraft within the next 2 weeks.72

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  1. Not printed.↩
  2. In telegram No. 163, December 3, 6 p.m., the Department reported to the Minister in Thailand that it had been informed by the Thai Minister on December 1 “that he had now received from this Government full payment of the awards for the requisitioned aircraft in question.” (892.248/56)↩