WAR DEPARTMENT
           OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF THE ARMY AIR FORCES
                           WASHINGTON
 
                                                  January 26, 1942.
 
MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
 
          Subject: Airplanes for South American Countries.
 
 
     1. In accordance with your instructions, fifty AT-6B
airplnes have been allocated to South American coastal countries as follows:
 
               18 to Brazil
               15 to Chile
               5 to Peru
               4 to Uruguay 
               4 to Ecuador
               4 to Columbia
 
     2. Arrangements are being made to skip these by boat
to the countries concerned. They will be accompanied by one pilot and one crew chief for each
airplane. The airplanes will be completely equipped with guns, bomb racks, and a ninety-day
supply of bombs and ammunition.
 
     3. It is contemplated that as soon as the American
crews have completed training the crews of the countries to which these airplanes are assigned,
our crews will be returned to the United States.
 
     4. The fifty AT-6B airplanes are scheduled to be ready
for delivery at the factory by February 20, 1942. Shipping arrangements are being made for
shipment at the earliest possible date thereafter.
 
       5. Letters are being prepared to each of the countries concerned telling them of the detailed
plans.
 
 
 
                                   H.H. ARNOLD
                              Lieutenant General, U.S.A.,
                              Chief of the Army Air Forces