April 9th 1935- Lt Col Radu Korne was very disappointed by the condition of the Iberian armored forces, the Iberians only now beginning to move forward into new designs for what it seemed like a decade of neglect of their armored forces. The visit to the Iberian facilities and with the deadline for the purchase of the vehicles approaching (1)Korne decided to finally cancel his trip to Atlantis. From the Embassy in Madrid he sent a message to the Skoda subsidiary in the Netherlands stating that their discussed agreement of the purchase of Lt-34 tanks plus the license and machinery to build them locally in Romania is accepted. Korne knew that the vehicles being purchased will be delivered in three batches, with the final one by the middle of next year, but what it will take a while will be to build local copies of that vehicle. Still Korne was happy by this purchase. After visiting almost every nation in Europe he now could say his nation will have a tank comparable to the newer designs in all the European nations.
(1) May 1st was the date to make decision for the purchase of vehicles. Korne decided to take the Dutch offer and get an extra month, that way delivery could be earlier in both tanks and machinery for their delivery to Romania.