611.3131/122: Telegram
The Minister in Venezuela (Nicholson) to the Secretary of State
Caracas, September 25, 1937—2
p.m.
[Received 2:43 p.m.]
[Received 2:43 p.m.]
95. According to a purported United Press despatch published September 22 in Crítica, a Caracas daily newspaper, an official of the State Department had stated that negotiations were being conducted with the Venezuelan Government looking to the completion of a trade agreement. If the Department has made or is ready to make a preliminary announcement regarding the trade agreement the Minister for Foreign Affairs would like to be so informed in order that an announcement may also be made here.
Nicholson