Office of the Historian

833.5151/472: Telegram

The Minister in Uruguay (Dawson) to the Secretary of State

Montevideo, February 18, 1938—11 a.m.
[Received February 18—10:45 a.m.]

18. According to unpublished information confirmed by the Bank of the Republic import quotas of official exchange for the month of February have now been fixed for 11 countries excluding the United [Page 941] States. Quota total 1,025,000 pounds of which 400,000 pounds are for Great Britain. This refers only to official exchange and has no connection with proposed allotments of free exchange referred to in the Consulate General’s telegram of February 17, noon.58

Sent for Commerce in reply to Department’s telegram February 16, 5 p.m.59

Dawson
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. This telegram read as follows: “Following from Commerce: Reported that 2,000 pounds sterling allotted daily since February 15, for countries without quota covering merchandise now in customs house. Cable confirmation or denial.” (833.5151/470a)↩