611.3731/876: Telegram
The Ambassador in Cuba (Caffery) to the Secretary of State
[Received 5:45 p.m.]
380. Department’s telegram No. 124, August 7, 7 [8] p.m. Cuban Government accepts all articles of general provisions as amended by above telegram except following: old article 5 (secretaries still studying petroleum note); new article 5 (they desire to except edible fats and oils and cigarettes from the prohibition against quotas but it is my impression that they may yield on fats and oils); old article 7 (they desire to begin “on or after July 1, 1935,” however I feel immediate reduction of fee advisable and obtainable).
In schedule 2 Cubans asked for 75 cent rate on sugar (merely as a gesture I assume). They urge a 1.2 rate on tomatoes and 2 dollars on rum. Department’s instruction No. 322 [332], August 8, 1934,67 does not indicate molasses duty and preference.
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