Office of the Historian

810.74/885: Airgram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Chile (Bowers)

Washington, January 9, 1943—3:05 p.m.

A–435. British Embassy here states that West Coast Telegraph Company in Chile is only accepting messages to Axis and Axis-controlled countries including Vichy on the same terms as All America.38

Department informally advised by representative of All America that it has received a message from its Santiago manager reading as follows:

“Incorrect. West Coast accepts all classes of traffic for all points including Axis and Axis-controlled countries. AAC accepts for none of these points including Vichy France. Transradio accepts plain language messages only to all these points except Vichy France to which they only accept Chilean Govt traffic.”

Please advise Department at your earliest convenience what the exact situation is with regard to this matter.

Hull
  1. All America Cables, an affiliate of the International Telephone and Telegraph Company.↩