800.79611 Pangborn-Herndon Flight/20: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Japan (Forbes)
Washington, April 21, 1931—3
p.m.
65. Your 51, April 13. Department informed permission requested for Pangborn and Herndon flight over Japanese territory as emergency measure. Should plane or motor develop trouble pilots would attempt to reach Tokyo where service on motor available. Proposed route as follows: Moscow–Novo Sibirsk–Chita–Okhotsk–Nome.
Stimson