825.24/9–544

Memorandum by Mr. Stuart W. Rockwell, Division of North and West Coast Affairs

There follow below the War Department’s figures on major items delivered to Chile under Lend-Lease as of June 30, 1944:

Planes
Attack planes 12
Training planes 123
Liaison planes 30
Light tanks 30
Scout cars 50
Half tracks 10
Trucks 385
Ambulances 7
Motorcycles 10
Guns
37 MM 130
Howitzer—105 MM 36
Mortar—81 MM 134
Anti-aircraft—37 MM 24
Anti-aircraft—3 inch 8
Machine guns—50 caliber 36
Machine guns—30 caliber 42
Sub-machine guns—45 caliber 50

The dollar value of material Lend-Leased to Chile as of March 31, 1944 is $5,670,455.82.38 Chile has a Lend-Lease credit of $50,000,000.

S[tuart] W. R[ockwell]
  1. Presumably this figure covers only the listed items and does not include such things as repair parts, naval materials, quartermasters’ provisions, etc., nor does it appear to include allocated items which may have been in transit or in storage.