824.24/437: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Bolivia (Dawson)
281. Your 270, April 24, 5 p.m. The text of the contract for the Military Instruction Mission is now receiving the consideration of the War Department, which has selected five officers for this Mission. You will be informed by cable as soon as the contract is signed and the officers are ready to depart.39
The Munitions Assignments Board has approved the allotment to Bolivia of 15 primary, 17 basic, and 10 advanced training planes, deliveries of which are scheduled to begin in July and end in October. The Bolivian Embassy has submitted its Government’s request for 22 additional planes. This request will be given every consideration by the Board, consistent with the production and demand situation obtaining during the next 6 or 9 months. It is suggested that the Bolivian Government submit its request again during the period of delivery of the 37 planes.
The Bolivian Government’s order of trucks is receiving the attention of the Department, which will send you further information on this subject.
[Page 534]With reference to army pilots, the Department assumes you refer to pilots who will bring to Bolivia the planes to be acquired in the United States. The War Department reports that it will give these pilots the necessary training.
- The contract was signed on August 11, 1942; the Embassy was notified by Department’s telegram No. 533, August 11 (824.20/228a).↩