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                           TELEGRAM
                    
                              June 11, 194l
 
KIRK & HARRIMAN
 
CAIRO
 
     FOLLOWING AIRCRAT ARE NOW EN ROUTE TO MIDDLE EAST
 
CURTISS TOMAHAWKS 166 TO PORT SUDAN 25 TO ALEXANDRIA 
 
GLEN MARTIN MARYLAND 5 TO ALEXANDRIA GRUMMON F4F 25
 
TO SUEZ TOTAL 171.
     
     FOLLOWING ARE ADDITIONAL PROSPECTIVE SHIPMENTS
 
AIRCRAFT TO MIDDLE EASAT CURTISS TOMAHAWK JUNE 84
 
JULY 100 CURTISS KITTYHAWK JUNE 11 JULY 40 GRUMMON
 
MARTLET II JULY 10 DOUGLAS BOSTON III JUNE 40 JULY 40
 
TOTAL JUNE 135 190.
 
     NUMBER AND TYPE OF PLANES SHIPPED ARE AS YOU KNOW
 
CONTROLLED FROM LONDON.  THEREFORE THESE FIGURES ARE
 
SUBJECT TO CHANGE FROM THAT SOURCE.
 
     TWENTY TRANSPORTS ARE BEING FLOWN TO AFRICA.
 
                         HOPKINS