825.6363/281: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Chile (Bowers)
1422. Nuland from Thornburg. Embassy’s 2004 of November 17, 1942. Department agrees that any arrangement under which any pool member uses its own tankers to supplement share obtainable through pool will mean that the pool has broken down. Obviously if all members took such steps there would be no pool. This applies also to making such arrangements for half or any other part of the capacity of locally controlled tankers. It is recognized by the Department and by the pool administration that the really essential needs of each republic must be met, and the present procedure for determining and supplying those essential requirements is believed to be adequate for the purpose of guiding pool operations to that end. You should determine on the ground what requirements should be classified as essential and advise Department directly. Department will take immediate steps to instruct pool administration accordingly. [Thornburg.]