818.51/992: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Costa Rica (Scotten)
Washington, June 1,
1942—2 p.m.
217. Your 279, May 27, 5 p.m., and 282, May 28, 10 a.m. Please reassure the Minister of Finance that the arrangements for the experts will not be completed until after the $1,000,000 credit has been put through.
The Department repeats the position contained in its 207, May 27, 2 p.m.
As indicated in Department’s circular no. 209,31 the Department is giving special attention to the banana situation and suggests that the present credit be carried out on its own merits without reference to any future problems which may arise from the banana situation.
Hull
- Circular telegram dated May 27, 1942, not printed.↩