(b) Right of technical or non-traffic stop. (c) Application of cabotage. (d) Use of public airports and facilities, on a non-discriminatory basis. (e) Frequency of operations. (f) Bona fide nationality of air carriers. (g) Control of rates and competitive practices. 3. Arrangements for and selection of continuing Committee on Air Transport to serve during the transitional period. IV. Consideration of establishment of Interim Council to serve during a transitional period which might supervise the work of other committees functioning during this period; and performing such other functions as the conference may determine. 1. Recommendations concerning locale, composition, and scope of Interim Council. 2. Length of transitional period, mechanism for converting recommendations of Interim Council and its committees into permanent arrangements, and other arrangements covering the transitional period. TELEGRAM FROM PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE CONFERENCE ADOLF A. BERLE, Jr. Stevens Hotel, Chicago. WASHINGTON, December 4, 1944. My hearty congratulations on the excellent work done by the International Civil Aviation Conference. The conclusions reached mark an important step toward the use of air transport for the benefit of all mankind. I hope that the results achieved will meet with the approval of all delegations present. 8 FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT President OFFICERS OF THE CONFERENCE Adolf A. Berle, Jr., Assistant Secretary of State; Chairman of the Delegation of the United States of America Vice Presidents Max Hymans, Director of Air Transport; Chairman of the Delegation of Kai-ngau Chang, Adviser to the Government of China; former Minister of Secretary General Warren Kelchner, Chief, Division of International Conferences, Department of State Special Assistants James Espy, Foreign Service Officer, Department of State Morris Nelson Hughes, Foreign Service Officer, Department of State Technical Secretary Theodore P. Wright, Administrator of Civil Aeronautics, Civil Aeronautics Special Assistants Thomas B. Bourne, Director of Federal Airways, Civil Aeronautics John M. Chamberlain, Assistant Director, Safety Bureau, Civil Aero- Douglas D. Crystal, Senior Attorney, Aeronautical Legal Division, Fred M. Lanter, Director of Safety Regulation, Civil Aeronautics Ad- Secretaries and Assistant Secretaries of Technical Committees and Subcommittees Harry A. Bowen, Civil Aeronautics Board Melvin A. Brenner, Civil Aeronautics Board Floyd B. Brinkley, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Department of Com merce Paul T. David, Bureau of the Budget, Executive Office of the President Alfred Hand, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Department of Commerce Charles M. Howell, Jr., Civil Air Attaché at Rio de Janeiro Robert D. Hoyt, Civil Aeronautics Board Alfred S. Koch, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Department of Commerce Virginia C. Little, Bureau of the Budget, Executive Office of the President merce John T. 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McCoy, Jr., Civil Aeronautics Administration, Department of Raymond Nathan, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Department of Ben Stern, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Department of Commerce Liaison Secretaries Robert W. Bradbury, Division of Caribbean and Central American Affairs, Department of State Philip O. Chalmers, Acting Chief, Division of Brazilian Affairs, Department of State Raymond A. Hare, Foreign Service Officer, Department of State A. Ogden Pierrot, Civil Air Attaché at Lisbon and Madrid Robert B. Stewart, Division of British Commonwealth Affairs, Department of State Geographer Samuel W. Boggs, Chief, Division of Geography and Cartography, Department of State Cartographers Arthur J. Hazes, Division of Geography and Cartography, Department of State Walter W. Romig, Division of Geography and Cartography, Department of State Administrative Secretary Millard L. Kenestrick, Chief, Division of Administrative Services, Department of State Operations Officer R. M. F. Williams, Division of Administrative Services, Department of Assistant Operations Officer Victor Purse, Office of Departmental Administration, Department Technical Documents Officer and Secretary for Documentation Assistant Technical Documents Officer R. B. Maloy, Civil Aeronautics Administration, Department of Com merce Chief of the Interpreting and Translating Bureau Guillermo A. Suro, Acting Chief, Central Translating Division, Department of State Assistant Chief of the Interpreting and Translating Bureau Jean Pierre de Loeschnigg, Office of War Information Director of Air and Courier Services Major John R. Young, War Department Liaison Officer; Chief, Air Priorities Security Officer Major John E. Johnson, Director, Security and Intelligence Division, Secretary for Transportation and Special Services Daniel H. Clare, Jr., Department of State Assistant Secretary for Transportation and Special Services Albert Fletcher, 3d, Department of State Finance and Disbursing Officer William J. 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