File No. 422.11G93/960
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Ecuador ( Hartman)
Department’s July 8, 5 p.m.1 Immediately inform Government of Ecuador that upon assurances of Minister of Ecuador to Washington, Department has been able to obtain from War Trade Board authorization for 7,200 tons of cacao to be imported from Ecuador to the United States from July 1 to December 31, 1918. This is maximum which present available tonnage can carry, and with what has already been imported, will approximate Ecuador’s last year’s exports to the United States. You will impress upon Government of Ecuador the fact that this concession by the War Trade Board has been made only after considerable effort on the part of the Department, as the War Trade Board had allocated large proportion of this tonnage to other purposes.
You will say that the Government of the United States expects the Government of Ecuador to resume daily deposits immediately upon receipt of this information.
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