711.00111 Armament Control/2495: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Thailand (Grant)
57. The Department’s 54, October 4, 5 p.m. On October 9 an officer of the Department17 informed the Thai Minister that, pursuant to the needs of our national defense program, as explained to him on October 4, this Government had been obliged to take steps toward requisitioning for its own defense needs 10 North American dive bomber airplanes destined to Thailand which are now in Manila; and that the Thai Government would of course receive fair compensation [Page 177] for these planes. The Minister asked whether similar steps had been taken in reference to exports to other countries. The Minister was informed in reply that, as had been stated to him on October 4, this Government had had to cancel licenses previously granted for export of certain commodities. The Minister said that he would forward to his Government the information communicated to him.
- The Chief of the Division of Far Eastern Affairs.↩