611.3131/74: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Venezuela (Villard)
5. Tour telegram No. 4, January 12, 2 p.m. You are requested to inform the Foreign Minister orally that in view of his Government’s action as reported in your telegram No. 2, this Government will be pleased to discuss with the Venezuelan Government at this time the general provisions that might be embodied in a reciprocal trade agreement, it being understood that no public announcement of any character will be made for the time being. You should state further that your Government will send to you by airmail in the near future its proposals concerning general provisions, which, it is anticipated, will follow the general lines of those in trade agreements recently made by this Government.