800.8830/1754: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Argentina (Reed)
1272. Your airgram A–68, August 10, 8 p.m. There is no discrimination in shipments of newsprint to Argentina. To confirm this, refer to the Department’s telegram No. 1234, dated August 17 [18], 1942,53 which stated the Department had made arrangements for the shipment of 1,535 tons of newsprint from the west coast of the United States to Argentina for the newspapers La Nación and La Prensa. The vessel on which this newsprint was carried was not scheduled to stop at Buenos Aires but was originally scheduled to stop only at Montevideo and Rio. Both Uruguay and Brazil are badly in need of newsprint. The department was successful in having this vessel carry 1535 tons to Buenos Aires.
The Department in conjunction with the Board of Economic Warfare is attempting to effect a system whereby sufficient newsprint will be shipped to each of the consumers in the other American Republics including Argentina in an orderly fashion each month. This was outlined in a circular telegram dated July ll.53
It is urgently requested that the information asked for in the circular telegram of July 11 be furnished the Department immediately.