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ok, “+ COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS, I*« 3 _ 45 Bast 6 STH STREET NEW YORK CITY | ALL INF ORHATION CONTATNED ag - SLA Gee IS UNCLASSIFIED fPhe ls while (7 so era inBe : Airplanes are essential to winning the wer. But what will be their role when the world > {+ is again at peace Bebidas We ‘ spurred by the ave been improved 0 | ee rapidly th planes are being pant with range, speed and carrying --- Tee that would. ane been thou. mpossible a short time ago.’ co he pag Roatan — oud (oem his rancenent in the tical sciences will haveNa revolutionary influence on world commerce and relations between nations after the war.’, \ Aviation experts confidently predict that in the near future air freighters Will largely replace sea-borne shipping; that “covered wagons of the air" will mbe widely used for post-war redistribution of populations and goods and will ¢ GAY Ww SOF make it possible wack haan ut rich areas of the world pow ,- “ accessible \ SA. sF ack ! Sever! ] | | Q \. ; uw LL We + f 4 fy International air transport has has already posed many Kaladi economic Pe problems for national governments. Further expansion of this modern means of wm ‘5 transportation will create new problems. Willa more closely knit globe increage . international tensions, or facilitate the establishment of a new world order? / Should there be international "freedom of the air" and would such a policy be in the best interest of the United States? Considering past experience, can SAsN expanded over-seas air services be operated profitably by private enterprise - without government financial aid? Has legislation with respect to international . routes in the past been based more on considerations of national prestige / d diplomatic advantage than on calculations of costa ? What should sk ¥ x . be the aim of such legislation in the future? These and other vital issues are comprehensive study of ce just published by the has been prepared a py Oliver J. Ligsi he Council in 1939-40, with « Foreword by Edw tant Secretary of the Navy for Air, | and now &@ mem tics Board. ; { who are trying to grasp the implications of the is = : mn which will follow the war will find INTERNATIONAL AL POLICY an indispensable work. The complete table of let shows how tnorougnly iy ' enclosed order forn. WNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS * EGCLOSURE -— rev. A # ‘Le! a a, - we ig Ey