File No. 422.11G93/956

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

[Telegram]

Your June 12, 4 p.m. You may hand the following memorandum to Minister for Foreign Affairs in unofficial manner saying that it has been presented to Ecuadoran Minister in Washington.

[Here follows the above memorandum of June 19, 1918, to the Ecuadoran Minister.]

Keep the Department advised daily in regard to any developments in situation. The Department has kept Norton, now at Panama, informed of this matter.

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