635.4131/151: Telegram
The Ambassador in Argentina (Weddell) to the Secretary of State
[Received 12:05 p.m.]
102. Argentine Government yesterday afternoon issued decree published this morning providing that “valuation duties and other provisions [Page 721] contained in” Roca agreement and its annexes shall apply to the merchandise enumerated therein “whatever its source of origin.”92
A second decree declares that the reduction and facilities accorded to Chilean merchandise under the recent treaty “shall be recognized in favor of the same goods when they have been produced in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Italy or France.”
In this connection I refer to White’s despatch No. 2201 [2101] of June 9, 1933, transmitting copy of note to Foreign Office regarding correct interpretation of the most-favored-nation clause to which Embassy has received no reply.