VISIT OF CONGRESSMAN HERBERT C. BONNER AND OTHERS TO VARIOUS PORTS IN LATIN AMERICA

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP58-00597A000200080026-6
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 1
• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: August 13, 2001
• Sequence Number: 26
• Publication Date: August 11, 1954
• Content Type: TELEGRAM

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Visit of Congressman Herbert C. Bonner and others to Various Ports
in Latin America
ANTOFAGASTA, BAT,,.IWOS, BUENOS AIRES, CALI, GUAYAQUIL, LBilp
MONTEVIDEO, PANAA CITY, PORT OF SPAIN, RIO DE JANEIRO, SALVADOR
(BAHIA), SANTIAGO, SANTOS
The following group consisting of Congressman Herbert C. Bonner of
North Carolina, ranking Democratic member of the House Committee on Mer-
chant Marine and Fisheries, Mr. Frank Pellegrini of the Labor-Management
Committee of the steamship industry, Mr. William Kirsch of the Legal
Staff of Maritime Administration and Mr. Randall J. Thompson, District
Traffic Manager, Moore McCormack Steamship Lines, all accompanied by
their wives, will sail from New York aboard the Moore McCormack Steam-
ship "S.S, Argentina" on August 26 with the following itinerary:
Trinidad
UarOados
Salvador(Bahia)
Rio de Janeiro
Santos
Montevideo
Buenos Aires
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August 31;
September 1;
September 7;
September 9;
September 11
September 14;
September 15.
Congressman and Mrs. Bonner only are leaving the above group at
Buenos Aires and proceeding to Santiago, Chile, where they will arrive on
August 17 via Panagra Flight No. 300. They then will board the Grace
Line vessel "S.S. Santa Cecilia", leaving Valparaiso on September 22
with the following itinerary up the West Coast:
San Antonio September 2~
Antofagasta September 20
Callao, September 29
Guayaquil October 1
Buenaventura October 3
Balboa and Cristobal October 5
The Embassy at Panama City should inform the Governor of the Canal
Zone of the date of arrival in Balboa and Cristobal.
Congressman Bonner and the other members of the party wish to
observe and study actual operating techniques of the various ports
listed above. The Department would appreciate it if appropriate
courtesies are extended to this party.
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