611.5231/823
The Spanish Embassy to the Department of State
Memorandum
[No.] 113/22
In reply to the request for information by the Department of State during the interview held between the Ambassador and Mr. John Hickerson on the 17th day of August, last, regarding the quotas now in force in Spain, this Embassy has the satisfaction of informing the Department of State that, aside from the good will of the Spanish Government, to which reference is made in the memorandum of this Spanish Embassy of the date of the 15th of August, last, assurance can be given, in relation to the said established quotas, that the importation of goods originating in the United States does not, as a whole, suffer substantial modifications and that in any case, and up to the 30th of November of the current year, the total volume of North American exportation to Spain would continue to keep its present characteristics, securities and the guarantees which, with the same character and to the extent the Government of the Republic hopes to obtain from the Government of the United States, according to the proposal that Mr. Francis Sayre saw fit to make on the 17th of July, last.