Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1921, Volume I

822.61334/68

The Minister in Ecuador (Hartman) to the Secretary of State

Quito, February 9, 1922.
[Received March 2.]

No. 787

Sir: Referring to the Department’s instruction No. 296, of December 5, 1921, relative to the understanding reached between the President of Ecuador and the representative of the Mercantile Bank of the Americas regarding the payment to the latter of the debt of the Association of Agriculturists, I have the honor to transmit herewith copy and translation of an informal communication from the President, dated February 5, 1922,⁴⁵ in which he confirms the terms of the agreement.

I have [etc.]

Chas. S. Hartman

45. Not printed.