File No. 422.11G93/972
The Minister in Ecuador ( Hartman) to the Secretary of State
My August 14, 4 p.m. On request of Minister for Foreign Affairs I had an interview with him to-day. He informs me that interrogatories will probably [be] postponed until Saturday. He expressed an apprehension that Congress will take radical measures relating to railway matters and other American interests because of suspension of cacao importations which might involve his resignation, and expressed the hope that Department’s answer to my August 14, 4 p.m., might be received before Saturday. I concur in that hope as I regard the Minister for Foreign Affairs the best friend of America and the ablest man connected with the administration.