611.3331/152
The Uruguayan Chargé (Gorri) to the Under Secretary of State (Welles)
Mr. Under Secretary: With reference to the conversations which have been in progress for the purpose of initiating negotiations to concert a trade agreement with this country, I have the honor to advise Your Excellency that with the aim of advancing the study of the question, the Government of Uruguay again expresses its intention of negotiating a commercial agreement intended to regulate and promote interchange between the two countries.
To this end, my Government has honored me by authorizing me to continue the conversations with the competent authorities of Your Excellency’s Government.
I therefore request of Your Excellency that you grant me an audience which will permit me to set forth the desires of my Government, which are in harmony with those expressed on various occasions by His Excellency, Cordell Hull, together with the reasons which lead my Government to state again its desire of arriving at an agreement.
I avail myself [etc.]