NETHERLANDS INDIES
LANDING RIGHTS
U.S.A. NEGOTIATING
LAST LINK IN AIR CHAIN
NEW YORK, April 3,
The United States Government is opening negotiations with the Netherlands for landing rights its the Netherlands Indies, says the Washington correspondent of the United Press. The Government will make a reciprocal offer to the Dutch o£ landing rights in the Philippines./ - ' ~. This is the last link in the aeronautical chain girdling the globe and cohflrfning '. American dominance, in trans-oceanic air commerce. Although subsidies are not discussed, it is understood Pan-American Airways will extend their trans-Pacific service to the Indies, which are ah important source of" raw materials of strategic value to the United States. ■'■".-
' The Pan-American service is contemplating early resumption of the pro? jected line to Australia.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 80, 5 April 1938, Page 11
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