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The Chargé in Liberia ( Hibbard ) to the Secretary of State

r Department for the British Overseas Airways Company to make regular as opposed to emergency stops at Fisherman Lake for refueling and other technical purposes in order to lessen the distance between stages on the flying boat route from Bathurst to Lagos. It was added that this would permit the carrying of greater loads made necessary by constantly increasing traffic pressure on this route. On September 20 the Royal Air Force delegation in Washington informed the British Foreign Office that the War Department had affirmed on a number of occasions the agreement permitting British craft to land…