810.154/1195
Memorandum by the Under Secretary of State (Welles) to the Chief of the Division of the American Republics (Duggan)
Mr. Duggan: I spoke this morning with the Secretary regarding the idea of further appropriations by the Government for the construction of the Inter-American Highway.
The Secretary agrees that it would be desirable to ascertain whether the President himself is at all anxious to have such further appropriations made. This I will undertake to do myself in the near future. Second, the Secretary believes as I do that no further appropriations should be requested until after the Special Committee to be set up in accordance with the terms of the Buenos Aires Highway Convention renders its report.