Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 3, 1912

File No. 822.124/260b.

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[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

December 5, 1912.

As soon as Colonel Gorgas arrives you will cooperate with him in every possible proper way. The Chargé d’Affaires of Ecuador here informs the Department that his Government desires bids from American firms upon the bases of sanitation to be reported by Colonel Gorgas. The Department learns that a reputable American firm will at the proper time present a comprehensive proposal.

Knox.