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B8XTX3H SKBA3SY,
WASHINGTON, |S C,
March 20th, 1939
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Z have the honour to refer to your note
Vo* 611.41246/49 of the 17th February regarding the
question of exempting from United. States customs duty
supplies and equipment withdrawn from bonded warehouses
in the United states for the use of aircraft registered
la the United Kingdom*   You were so good as to state In
this note that the Collector of Customs at New York
would be instructed as to the privileges of free
withdrawal which should be granted to aircraft
registered in the Baited Kingdom, as soon as the
Treasury Department received confirmation from the
Department of Commerce that substantially reciprocal
privileges are allowed or will be allowed in the United
Kingdom in respect of aircraft registered in the United
States.
X trust that the information contained in
^/Syio/^F|Ep# Mallet's note No. 497 of December Slot last
will have satisfied the Department of Commerce on
thl s point*   In that event I would venture to express
the hope that the necessary instructions may be issued
as aeon as possible by the Treasury Department in view
of the fact that in the meantime Messrs* Imperial
Airways are still being required to pay duty on supplies
and equipment withdrawn from bonded warehouses in the
United States, despite the facilities which as
indicated/
The Honourable
Gordoll Hull,
Secretary of State of the United States,
Washington, &• Ct

indicated in Mr* Mallet's above mo.ftti'phea note,
have been granted la this reBpeet in the United Kingdom
for a considerable time past to aircraft cegisteped
la the United States.    Z should be grateful If X might
be Informed at an early date of the decision which
has been reaehed in this matter.
Z hare the honour to be,
with the highest consideration)
Sir*
Tear most obedient»
humble servant*
(SOS}    X, C.