810.74/383a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Argentina ( Armour )51
1103. 1. A meeting was held in Department on July 20 attended by representatives of RCA, Sir Campbell Stuart and General Robert C. Davis, chairman of the consortium trust.
2. It was decided to call a meeting of the trustees at New York City August 24 “to review position of consortium companies in present world situation.” Notice of this meeting is being sent to the German trustees through their Swedish representatives at Stockholm by the intermediary of the American Legation at that city and to the French trustees by the intermediary of the American Consul at Lyon.
3. It was further decided that General Davis should proceed to Buenos Aires and Santiago on July 28 accompanied by two Government radio experts to examine the questions of closing the consortium circuits to the Axis and of removing undesirable personnel from the stations. He would return to New York in time for the meeting of August 24 to submit his report.
4. Embassy at London has been instructed to advise appropriate authorities of foregoing and to request that latter forward information to British representatives at Buenos Aires and Santiago, asking them to cooperate fully with you and with General Davis.
5. General Davis will be accompanied by Mr. Philip F. Siling, Chief, International Division, Federal Communications Commission, [Page 134] and Mr. George Shecklin. They will advise you fully of all discussions in the Department and you are requested to lend them every possible aid and assistance.
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This telegram was also sent to the Ambassador in Chile as No. 834, with the addition of the following paragraph:
↩“6. Substance of your 1166, July 17, 1 p.m. [not printed], has been transmitted to London with the statement that the Department trusts that the British Foreign Office will instruct British Ambassador at Santiago to suggest to Chilean Government that it close existing telecommunication circuits with Axis.”