810.74/476a: Airgram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Chile (Bowers)72
A–139. There are quoted hereunder instructions to the representative of RCA on the board of Transradio Internacional for the purpose of bringing about an immediate closing of the Axis radio circuits operated by that company. You should hold these instructions until it transpires that similar instructions have been received by the representative of Cable and Wireless on the board of Transradio Internacional, when you should immediately transmit them to Señor Jory73 with the injunction that they are to be regarded as secret:
“Our Board of Directors desires that the radio circuits operated by your company with Axis countries be closed immediately for reasons of continental security and in accordance with obligations undertaken at the Rio conference. Our Board of Directors has directed the dispatch of this message to you as our representative on Transradio Chilena Board of Directors strongly requesting you to use every effort to bring about this closure of Axis circuits. We are informed that your colleague on the Board representing Cable and Wireless Limited should receive immediately instructions from London similar to these after which we trust your combined efforts will bring about the desired result. J. G. Harbord, Chairman of Board, RCA Communications, Inc.”