ABSTRACT
An element in the Anglo-American issue at Chicago was the right of a nation to pick up traffic in the territory of another and carry it to a third. The Americans, and those with similar ideas, would have preferred universal acceptance of this principle. An American route, for example, terminating at a turopean capital could thus compete in the London-Paris traffic market, if British and French interests participated in the undertaking and received a proportionate share of the revenue received. The commercial aspect was thus left unsolved, except among a relatively few, but was referred for further study to the Interim Council of the International Organisation set up at Chicago. The reception accorded part of the British plan at the Chicago International Conference on civil air transport has already been shown. A debate in the House of Lords on 16th January, 1945 throws additional light on the subject.
