APPENDIX II
Telegram Sent. from Cairo Regarding Routes 1, 2, 3, and 4:
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APPENDIX II Telegram Sent. from Cairo Regarding Routes 1, 2, 3, and 4: |
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TO: H. H. HALL DATE: MAY 22, 1946
PRELIMINARY FINDINGS CONNECTION MAIN LINE ROUTES THREE AND FOUR DIFFICULT
TO VERGE OF UNFEASIBILITY STOP NO BASIS YET FOR ALTERING ESTIMATES ONE AND TWO
BUT SUSPECT BOTH SLIGHTLY LOW AND COMPARATIVE COST UNCERTAIN STOP INCREASE
ROUTE THREE LENGTH TEN PERCENT COST FORTY FIVE PERCENT ROUTE FOUR LENGHT TWENTY
PERCENT COST FORTY SEVEN PERCENT STOP NO INFORMATION YET ON TERMINALS WOLFE
CHANDLER BRAMKAMP LEAVING FOR ALEXANDRIA MY PASSAGE NEW YORK DELAYED UNTIL 24TH.
JOHNSON
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| NOTE: | The preliminary estimates referred to were taken from Mr. Lenzen's report of April 18 and were as follows: | |||
| Miles | Cost | |||
| 1. | Suez to Alexandria | 200 | $17,700,000 | |
| 2. | Suez to Port Fuad | 80 | $15,900,000 | |
| 3. | Aqaba to E1 Arish | 133 | $13,900,000 | |
| 4. | Aqaba to Gaza | Over 133 | $16,300,000 | |
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