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December 82nd, 1940
A44raiti! io -*orelga ofrio* t«i.
no.        of :;*eeea>er &\>%n repeated by air
Mil io dersuda,        .aaa«i<v .Jamaica,
lndwerd ielenda, Leeward Xelande, &rltiah
>uiann, ;Vinitiad» Newfoundland, : o^ander-
in-;hief   est indies.
Your telegram So. 9119.
tteereenry of   tote r*ae now sent eje
letter replying lo «y letter of »ov«aeor FS*nd
in which X forwarded a 11 at of the area* which
ii*a tajeety'e Qimsi«fll had agreed ehould be
leaned to the United   tetoe ,'oy.roaeol (copy of
iay Utter was encloeed In my doepatefc Ao*10 Q
of IS v«*<*r Sflnd.)    Although 1 had been given
io uodevatand that the definition of iheae arena
way, vitn ttw execution of one paragraph
regarcins aenaude eoc one ysragre;>n con earning
eritleh auiane, acceptable io the flawy >.«i>art*«nt,
tttate J^erteieat now reqaeat that vhe following
elterutloae be madaa-
(»; aonauda.     la addition to pointing
out thai the question* anion la etill under
dlacuaaioa* of the granting of f tollmen in the
Oreot /Ount. cannot too regarded aa one connected
with the grant of "i*inor feciiitiee*» the iatc
^eaartMut euugeet that referoaen la aub-p^rwara^h
(a; to ".lofo'a oeyw ehould he changed to
¦ Icbnrdeon'a ->uy " and reforence in euu-puragreph
(to) to «igg*e any* ehould he enengec to hlg^'e
.iey* (aeo in thie connexion your telegram No*
(to) Xhe Jahaaaa.   State *pert»ent
aui<;est that la order to provide for the
locluaion la th-; leaned area of 1* eqaere oil* a
which it la chaired to uaa far a landing field*
the following ei»«eev-nt be aoued to the eehednle
"an area of about lK equere alloc for uaa aa a
landing field* to be located after aa engineering
reeoaaeieeeAce'**
(o) Jennie*.    In sub-paragraph (b)
the *ord "of" after '-eye' ahoulti be changed to
"and" ae an t> *a±a the eeatenee ran aa followet
*^ano area to include ioet laland and the
adjacent   aya, and approximately S3 aQuare
uUlea la anc eaat of Walloon -.arbour", in
eub-p« r eg r eph/
9
Mb^yumgrftpH (•; the word "oigbt* nnould be
changed to ** idgo* aad      >rtlwnd iei*«d" ehoald
ue ati«nti«o to Vlgeoa ialead".     la eub-permgraph
id; cue figure "1   " acren ohouid be oheogod to
l<i,' aritleh vuiafi*.     ub-varetfrs, h (•>
•be let nw "V.n evrvcrofli* M me wo* of ths Ivor
raaerora »6 iUX«* up, with eacraeaay petrol plena
faalU
/he .ropoeed re-*ordiog for aritleh
QeUeae hea alreaoy been approved (aac yow
telce-rata lew SMS; and in a   tele epartaieat'n
flret point regarding denauda eaa be dealt
with in the dincueeioaa aboiu the oreat ;;ound
vhleh we hope shortly to nave with the oajricen
;ai*rdtipyr       wU   '^aaltkoa*     1 ehoold, however
be tflac to kaov whether thaee reualala*
geographical eugft-oetljae aade by the t»te
pertaeni eaa be agreed to.
ieerwtery of >tate'c letter goee on to
a ay that 11 la hta underet*ndln£ that the elate*
aeat la ay latter of ****veaoor Qftnc that the
Britiah autto ritlee agreed that work should be
befcun withmt further delay on all the eitee»
the location* of which had been agreed upon,
"la a foraal eeaurenee that work eaa be coemeaooa
1st edlately on the above-niwtion o altea without
waiting for the eidnature of the leoae* for the
property involved, end tbat uhie ateteaent
further conetlttttee a fomal aaeuraace that the
drltleh euthoritlee cone*rood will acquire th«
pro^ertlee on which the conetruetloa la atertod
aac will aubaa-^uontly l«aao then to the Bnitod
vtatea Oov roseat io uocordanee vlth the proviolooa
of th<r baalo exchange of note* of cvt*dber
Sod, 1U4 .
It la further wy aaderaleAdla* what
if ..-oadeaaation proceeding are required in any
of wb<; aroew d«ai«iitated the appropriate aritleh
autnoriUee lovat^ietely will inetllute aoch
proceeding.   It le uaderetoeu that aveavblle
the   nited    we toe *ul-oriUea ehall oe rr* to
proeeed with construction without celny
fatte proevdure i«-j«t to be in aoeordaace
with that eel out in your toiegroa ;<o.3 Tfit bat
X ahoaic be ,;iad to know if i eaa inform eeretary
of   tote that hla aaeutaptloaa are correct, oa the'
onderelanding that   Alt** -tate*  roverneieat will
be prepared to pay the eoat incur. «d in the
ecquieitl a of private Xende.
*r. iittll*a letter than confimn the
Information already given by the Navy Department
that no difficulties are liKely to occur in
respect of Antigua - see my telegram NO.2192.