File No. No. 763.72112/7413a
The Acting Secretary of State to the Diplomatic Representatives in Central and South American Countries and Mexico
Discreetly ascertain which local American firms or branches or subsidiaries of firms situated in the United States are employing enemy or ally-of-enemy subjects, or persons who have been or are engaged in pro-enemy or anti-American activities, and invite the attention of said firms to Enemy Trading Act and urge upon them the importance, in their own interest, as well as in discharge of their patriotic duty, of promptly discharging said employees.
Telegraph briefly and report fully by mail, names and American addresses of firms failing to comply with foregoing request and names and occupations of employees to whom you object with detailed reasons for your objections.
Repeat to consuls.