883.24/155: Telegram
The Minister in Egypt (Kirk) to the Secretary of State
Cairo, March 2,
1943—11 a.m.
[Received 4 p.m.]
[Received 4 p.m.]
438. Personal for Wallace Murray. Your 323, February 27, 10 p.m. I appreciate all you have done but must say that I see no way I can convince the Egyptians that we are so strapped for planes that we can’t spare two, especially as even as early as last year when airplane production had not reached the proportions of today, the British supplied the Misr Air Works with two planes which were unfortunately sunk in transit.
Do you think that two planes of a different type could be supplied or promised for delivery at a later date.
Kirk