Tam sorry that Melgar did not take over the job of Inspector General of Aviation of Pru, but, psibly, as military attaché in Chile he can sll be of considerable sevice. I the Government intends to put in a foreigner, and, possibly, an ‘American, in charge of aviation, who do they have in mind? Teertainly lope that Grove docs not go back to Peru, Why ‘ot apply for the job yourself and see if we eannot work out 2 imation whereby we could all profit by i"" ‘The scramble for orders sil went on during the armistice Periods, the Governments, with the wiling help of the arms firms, Buying heavily towards the end ofthe term in preparstion for the posible resumption of warfare, An agent, Mr. Miranda, ‘wrote tothe company he represented — "As you know, the armistice with Peru comes to an nd fn about 60 days; both Peru and Colombia are making great preparations and a bigtime is expected y all “Te being imposible to sell both to Peru and Colombia, Beeause one would not buy from you ifthe other one did, we Ihave chosen Colombia, frst and Toremost because they have money (iehich Peru has very little of), and, then, because of the fact that our connections in official circles in Colombia are just made to order. ‘Aside from that, the writer's brother is down in Bogote, where we are negotiating sale of war material running ito several millions of dollars Mr. Miracla was, however mistaken when he though the ould not sll to both parts, fr this was Sone regulon bye Hany ofthe firms as could manage todo with input. Ove of hs Bloagents as atthe stne ered wing to Ws fra jn North America ating then fo he move exe i thee dealings, 2s he was in danger of ‘sexing the tnt ot fa" os ‘eling tthe oir se! Nyy Hasna Par 4 exis * Dl, Pare eaten eg orve Us THIS BAY OUR LITTLE WAR” QE ‘Even when an embargo was pased through Congress i Ma ‘pani tirough. Me Conde! Hu fs spread ad tntered info and partly pad by the Government before the dale Shits enactment. That the Merchants of Death were wel ree i a om his leer pated to explot sich a loophole can be judged & Mriten by Me: Huber, sales agent for U.S, Ordnance Engineer, 1G Colonel Gas, President of Lake B ‘he dale May ts, 193407 one wee Te penal o paper ofthis brain, eee as bomb bustess With your permision, Til end a eaBlo Mayiak Veiga or you coud send i direst, supgesting hat they place the Domb order with us ismeditely nd andadating the ete! so that ye could be in postion til th order ipcauseitisaogeter posible tha any move onthe parc othe espe of Nations would not hinder exiting conta After the embarga had been imposed, on July 25, Ms, Huber syrote to his fim about various busines aad seported on what Ihe heard concerning a rival firm's practice:— “The grapevine ali reports that th Bolivin ord Was ined 80000 rm an orginal order of $460 ih order to et round the embargo, au Secretary Hil ally fhe ntauy contacts made pit to May 28 werent feted bythe embargo. Bat even if ft yas not posible to arrange things in this way, there remained the wholly satisfactory method, used regulary and frely in most parts of the world by the atmaments inter national, of faely"labelling shipments, The evidence of Mr Se Hearings Pare 8, ei 64. (Oneal) URES oi