Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944, The American Republics, Volume VII

825.24/9–544

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

[Washington,] September 5, 1944.

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]

38. 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.