Office of the Historian

800.796/7–644: Telegram

The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State

London, July 6, 1944—8 p.m.
[Received July 6—5:30 p.m.]

5334. Subject: Aviation. Van Hasselt51a called to see Hildred before he left for Washington. Hildred said that Van Hasselt wished to have the right of commercial entry determined by an international conference or authority. Hildred stated that in his opinion the right of commercial entry would have to depend on bilateral agreements between each pair of countries concerned. As the Department is aware, Hildred’s view is by no means unanimously held in England, nevertheless, this statement may have had some effect on Van Hasselt.

Winant
  1. F. H. Copes van Hasselt, Legal Adviser in aviation matters of the Netherlands Department of Public Works and Transport.↩