819.154/695: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in Panama ( Muccio )
76. You may assure the Foreign Minister orally with reference to your airgram no. A–213 of February 17, 1944,15 and in reply to his Note of November 5, 1943,15 that this Government has every hope that construction work on the Madden Dam By-Pass and the P–8 Road will be completed during the current dry season. Since receipt of his Note this Department has been instrumental in pushing this construction project, bearing in mind the commitment contained in Article VIII of the Defense Sites Agreement of May 18, 1942. Funds for this purpose have only now been made available by the War Department to the Public Roads Administration.