822.5151/296

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Ecuador (Gonzalez)

No. 164

Sir: Referring to your telegram No. 39, July 31, 11 a.m.,41 the Department transmits a copy of an aide-mémoire handed to the Ecuadoran Minister in Washington by Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Welles, during the course of a conversation upon the new Ecuadoran exchange control regulations. The aide-mémoire is for your information [Page 522] only and the Department does not desire to have you discuss the subject with the Ecuadoran authorities in the absence of further instructions.

Very truly yours,

For the Secretary of State:
Sumner Welles
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