611.3131/72: Telegram

The Chargé in Venezuela (Villard) to the Secretary of State

2. Department’s telegrams No. 54, December 19, 3 p.m.,2 and 57, December 31, 6 p.m.3 Note from Foreign Minister received today quotes following communication from Minister of Hacienda:

“In agreement with the opinion expressed by the office under your worthy charge and in consideration of the treatment applied by the United States of America to Venezuelan products imported into that country this Ministry has notified the customs authorities of the Republic that the customs benefits conceded to the French Republic by the Franco-Venezuelan agreement of August 7 [6], 1936,4 should be extended to products originating in the United States of America”.

This apparently removes all existing cases of discrimination. If others should appear later I have no doubt that most-favored-nation treatment will be granted.

Villard
  1. Ibid. p. 959.
  2. Ibid., p. 963.
  3. Agreement by exchange of notes signed August 6, 1936, renewing agreements of February 26 and August 7, 1935; for text, see Venezuela, Gaceta Oficial, August 8, 1936.