Lyndon Johnson: “In view of the present operating rights of BOAC and Qantas, and the…”

On the recordFebruary 10, 1966

In view of the present operating rights of BOAC and Qantas, and the recently negotiated Bilateral Air Transport Agreement with the Government of Japan, embracing a route to New York and beyond to Europe, it is important that we proceed quickly to determine whether our transpacific route pattern should be altered so as to place our carriers in a satisfactory competitive position in the Pacific with foreign flag carriers operating into the East Coast.

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Lyndon Johnson

Democratic · Texas

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Letter to the Chairman, Civil Aeronautics Board, on Transoceanic Air Routes.

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