837.113/540
The Secretary of State to the Cuban Ambassador (Márquez Sterling)
Excellency: I have the honor to enclose, for Your Excellency’s information, two copies of a Press Release of June 29, 1934,93 containing the text of a letter94 on the restriction of the exportation of arms and munitions of war to Cuba which I addressed to the President on that date, the text of the President’s Proclamation95 making such restrictions effective, and the text of the regulations which I have prescribed to govern the issuance of export licenses.
I invite your attention particularly to the first paragraph of these regulations which appears on page three of the Press Release. You will note that the Department will not issue a license for the export of arms and munitions of war unless it has been informed by your Embassy that it is the desire of the Cuban Government that a particular shipment be authorized. Several manufacturers and exporters have already made application for licenses in accordance with the terms of these regulations, and I presume that if they have not already done so they will communicate with you in the near future.
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