File No. 422.11G93/949

The Minister in Ecuador ( Hartman ) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]

Department’s March 19, 6 p.m. Fully answered in my March 14, 4 p.m., except as to the effect of publication upon public feeling which has been exceedingly prejudicial. Newspaper comment bitter.

I am astonished that the Minister for Foreign Affairs expressed regrets through Ecuadoran Minister and not through this Legation.

Hartman