611.3531/556: Telegram
The Ambassador in Argentina (Weddell) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 11—12:20 p.m.]
241. Consulate General has learned from an official of the Ministry of Finance that the Minister of Finance has appointed a committee of five persons to study the proposals of the United States Government respecting a trade agreement forwarded by the Argentine Embassy in Washington. They are the following: Señor Ocantos Ocosta, Director General of Customs and Ports, Señor Cucarese of the Customs [Page 229] Service, an expert on tariff matters, Señor Louro, Chief of Exchange Control Office, Señor Torriani, Chief of Commercial Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a representative of the Ministry of Agriculture.