822.51/365: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Ecuador (Bading)
[Paraphrase]
Washington, October 24,
1922—5 p.m.
22. The Department has been unofficially informed that the President of Ecuador has been authorized by the Congress to employ a financial adviser, but that, owing to the failure of the loan law in Congress, he doubts the necessity of doing so. Report briefly by cable the exact situation.
Hughes