791.5 MSP/10–2052
Memorandum by the Secretary of State’s Special Assistant for Mutual Security Affairs (Martin) to the Director of the Office of Military Assistance in the Department of Defense (Olmsted)
Subject:
- Request Involving Reimbursable Military Assistance under Section 408(e) of the MDAA, as Amended.
Reference is made to the attached copies of a letter dated October 1, 1952, from the Embassy of India to the Department of State,1 modifying India’s previous request to purchase C–119 Fairchild Aircraft and indicating a firm desire to enter into negotiations with the Department of the Air Force for a total quantity of 26 such aircraft. Fourteen are requested for delivery in 1954/55 and the remaining twelve during the period 1955/56.
The Department of State approved this request on May 13, 1952, and now recommends that the Department of the Air Force be authorized to negotiate directly with representatives of the Indian Embassy for transport aircraft in the above quantity.
The Indian Embassy will be advised of this clearance by the Department of State.
- The reference is to Wing Commander Varma’s letter of Oct. 1 to Donald Kennedy of SOA. (791.56/10–152)↩