DEPARTMENT OF STATE                     
 
                            WASHINGTON                      
 
                                                            
 
 
4. The French authorities are understood to have approached 
      the State Department as well as the Foreign Office for authority 
      to send missions to the United States right to manufacture aircraft 
      and equipment under license. His Majesty's Government intend 
      to welcome this mission so far as they are concerned. 
 
                                                            
 
 
                      British Embassy,                      
 
                         Washington, D.C.                   
 
      December 12th, 1944