Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941, The British Commonwealth; The Near East and Africa, Volume III

740.00112 European War 1939/2350: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Consul General at Beirut ( Engert )

Washington , March 19, 1941—8 p.m.

37. Your telegram No. 47, February 24, 1941³⁹ and subsequent telegrams regarding Syrian trade, you are authorized to advise the French authorities in Syria that the Treasury Department is presently prepared to issue licenses under Executive Order No. 8389,⁴⁰ as amended, whereby the proceeds of the sale in the United States of silk and wool exported from Syria, aggregating not in excess of 1 million dollars, may be utilized for the purchase in the United States, its territories and possessions, other countries in the Western Hemisphere or in the Netherlands East or West Indies of newsprint and foodstuffs, including sugar, to be exported from such countries to Syria for consumption therein.

Welles

39. Not printed.
40. 5 Federal Register 1400.