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The Consul at Curaçao (Ocheltree) to the Secretary of State

10. According to the British Consul who arrived yesterday from Curaçao Macauley of the New Orleans office of the United Fruit Company is now at Curaçao arranging to transfer their vessel, the German steamship Wesermunde, to the Panamanian flag.

He said the steamer Macabi, Panamanian flag, owners United Fruit Company, proceeded from Aruba to Curaçao loading cargo from German vessels. This consisted of German shipments of pipe, et cetera, belonging to United Fruit Company and some materials for the construction of the Casa Presidencial at San José, Costa Rica. British authorities did not raise any objection to these transshipments.

Ocheltree