833.5151/462: Telegram
The Chargé in Uruguay (Reed) to the Secretary of State
Montevideo, January 21, 1938—11
a.m.
[Received January 21—9:45 a.m.]
[Received January 21—9:45 a.m.]
8. Import quotas of 11 countries have been increased by 50 per cent and British by 250 per cent but United States still excluded. Exchange Control says value of American merchandise blocked in Montevideo customhouse without quota is 1½ million dollars.
Reed