Office of the Historian

837.24/10–1942

The Secretary of State to the Counselor of Embassy in Cuba (Briggs)

Washington, November 11, 1942.

Dear Ellis: I have your letter of October 19, 1942,47 with its enclosed memorandum on Lend-Lease matériel for Cuba. You are particularly interested in the value of the various items which have been requested by the Cuban Government and approved by the Lend-Lease authorities here.

Orme Wilson has supplied the following data, with an indication that all of the figures are approximate:

(1)
Total value of requisitions approved (ground, air, naval): $4,700,00. Of this $3,000,000 is for patrol boats.
(2)
Delivery of ground material. Equipment already in Cuba or ready to proceed: $428,000.
(3)
Aviation material delivered to Cuba, (a) Land planes: $196,000. (b) Naval planes: $107,000.

We will have an opportunity to look into this matter more fully when you are in Washington, that is unless you get bogged down in other important problems.

Sincerely yours,

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