822.51/882: Telegram
The Minister in Ecuador ( Long ) to the Secretary of State
Quito
, June 6, 1940—5 p.m.
[Received 9:15 p.m.]
[Received 9:15 p.m.]
90. The Provisional President last night expressed appreciation of our Government’s confidence in his administration as evidenced by export-import credit.
Dr. Cordova and the Minister for Defense62 believe that the highway construction work ought to be done by a responsible foreign preferably American company with most positions given to Ecuadorans and Ecuadoran engineers cooperating.
Despatch by air mail.
Long
- Galo Plaza.↩