In October 1938, Daladier opened secret talks with the Americans on how to bypass American neutrality laws and allow the French to buy American aircraft to make up for productivity deficiencies in the French aircraft industry.
I oktober 1938 indledte Roosevelt hemmelige forhandlinger med franskmændene om hvordan man kunne omgå de amerikanske neutralitetslove og tillod franskmændene at købe amerikanske fly for at kompensere for manglende kapacitet i den franske flyindustri.