892.24/79: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Thailand (Peck)
145. Department’s 137, November 3, 10 p.m. and 141, November 6, 1941, 6 p.m.27 to you. In connection with consideration which the Department is giving to the question of making available to Thailand certain supplies, the Department requests that you endeavor discreetly to obtain information in regard to specifications and quantities of aviation gasoline and aviation lubricating oil that might reasonably [Page 340] be made available to the Thai air force under present circumstances. In sending to the Department your report and any recommendation which you may feel in a position to make, you should bear in mind the circumstances that, because of great and increasing demands on this country’s production of high octane gasoline, careful disposition of available supplies is imperative.
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