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The Secretary of State to the Consul at Geneva (Gilbert)
71. Department’s 54, June 6, 7 p.m., final sentence. Pursuant to the authority delegated to him in the Proclamation, the Secretary on June 14 informed the Attorney General that there have been excepted from the prohibitions of the Proclamation goods manufactured and ready for delivery prior to May 28, 1934, pursuant to valid and binding contracts of sale entered into prior to that date, and which had been paid for in whole or in part by the belligerent government. Notes to this effect were sent to the Bolivian and Paraguayan Ministers on June 16 and released to the press.