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The Department of State to the British Embassy

s on transport duty would be premature. Instead, the commanding general of the United States forces in Central Africa turned over a transport plane to the Royal Air Force to permit operation by the latter of a weekly air service between Bathurst and Lagos, with a stop at Roberts Field in Liberia, which service was to be used entirely for British personnel and cargo. There is no objection to the use of the Liberian airports by transport or cargo planes of the Royal Air Force when necessary. The difficulty lies in granting landing rights for civilian airplanes on transport duty, as distinct from…