File No. 862.85/358
The Ambassador in Argentina ( Stimson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10.10 p.m.]
The Minister for Foreign Affairs called me this afternoon to the Foreign Office to inform me that he had mentioned to the President my request and his promise that in case of the sale of the German ships, the United States should have the preference; he stated that the President had authorized him to make a report that the President recognized the reasonableness of this request and confirmed the promise that in the event of the sale of the ships or any one of them by the Argentine Government the United States should have the first notification and the priority right of purchase.
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- Telegram printed in full, vol. II, p. 1746.↩