882.796/47

The British Chargé ( Campbell ) to the Secretary of State

441/33/43
No. 538

His Majesty’s Chargé d’Affaires presents his compliments to the Secretary of State and with reference to this Embassy’s aide-mémoire of April 20th last and to previous correspondence regarding the desire of His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom to obtain re-fueling facilities in Liberia for aircraft of the British Overseas Airways Corporation has the honour to inform him that in view of the fact that facilities for flying boats operating on the West Coast of Africa are now available at Abidjan on the French Ivory Coast, and that the additional capacity now available to flying boats has enabled His Majesty’s Government to cancel the Ensign extension service between Lagos and Freetown, it is no longer necessary for the British Overseas Airways Corporation to use Roberts Field for their Ensign land aircraft.

His Majesty’s Government hope, however, that so far as the United States Government are concerned, the permission granted to British Overseas Airways Corporation to use Roberts Field as a re-fuelling halt will remain in force if and when it should again be necessary for them to operate land aircraft over this route.