File No. No. 763.72112/10167
The Minister in Panama ( Price) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8.30 p.m.]
Legislative action on our trading with the enemy proposal, referred to in Legation’s despatch No. 2066 of August 29 [26], has been withheld at our suggestion until we might have the opinion of the Department as to adding to our proposal an article authorizing land holdings of alien enemies in Panama to be sold, and title conveyed. Those mainly in mind are the holdings of a German syndicate on Puerto Piñas Bay under management of Augusto Dzuik, now interned. See Legation’s despatch No. 1456, July 5, 1917.1 We would like to get rid of this German ownership if deemed proper by the Department. I presented the matter while in Washington and have the impression that an expression was obtained by the Latin American Division from the Counselor. Information and instructions are respectfully solicited.
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