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(48th Meeting)
Rear Admiral W. 0. Spears, who at the time was the Chief of Pan-
American Affairs in the Navy Department, and he told me that, al-
though there was the intention of transferring Naval units to
Latin American countries, it would be necessary to wait until
the United States Congress had terminated the study that was un-
dertaken in that respect in order to determine what size Navy would
be required by the United States and then, with also the approval
of the same Congress, what number of vessels could be distributed
among Latin American countries, with the understanding that these
were to be used for the defense of this continent.
During the 47th meeting of the Commission held in Mexico
City on 2 May 1946, Rear Admiral R. E. Schuirmann stated that, al-
though the ships requested by the Mexican Navy were not available,
the United States Navy had reserved a number of similar vessels,
as per the following list:
12
Destroyer Escorts
D. E.
12
Transports
L. C. I. (L)
8
Transports
L. S. T.
2
Transports
L. C. T. (6)
2
Oil Tankers
NATIONAL
4
Mine-sweepers
Y. M. S.
ARCHIVES AND
2
Salvage vessels
Inasmuch as the delivery of these ships could not be
effected until some amendments were made to the respective laws
of the United States, I request hereby that the United States Section
of the Commission inform the corresponding authorities of the U. S.
Navy Department that the Mexican Government wishes to know:
1st:Have the amendments been made, and, in consequence,
are the aforesaid vessels now available;
2nd: Is the United States Government in a position to
establish the terms under which they would be successively
delivered, beginning with the destroyers, transports, tankers,
mine-sweepers and tugs, and what will be the total cost in-
volved in this transaction, as well as payment conditions.
I II
Admiral Jones replied: "The information I have in that regard
is that the Congress has not yet passed the amendment which would
permit the transfer of large vessels such as destroyer escorts and
frigates. However, under the Surplus Property Program the smaller
vessels on your list can be purchased and are being made available
for transfer to the Mexican Government. However, due to lack of
personnel and materials the ships have deteriorated and have been
stripped, and are not now in operating condition. They will not be
available for sale to the Mexican Government until such time as re-
pairs can be made to put them in proper condition. This will re-
quire a special appropriation. The United States Navy does not wish
to turn over any ships to the Mexican Government that are not in the
best of condition."
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