Office of the Historian

824.24/751: Airgram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Bolivia (Boal)

Washington, May 3, 1943—4:30 p.m.

A–460. Your A–304, April 16, 1943.36 The Office of Exports of the Board of Economic Warfare advises as follows:

“Current Export Bulletin No. 79,37 Item 11, announced the revocation of all General Licenses, with certain minor exceptions, to countries under decentralization. In accordance with Bulletin Ho. 80, this becomes effective in Bolivia on June 1st. Therefore, the hypothetical case38 mentioned in your airgram could not occur unless the goods fell within one of the minor exceptions mentioned above.

“Until June 1st it may be possible that there will be unimportant shipments of non-essentials weighing less than 2240 pounds, particularly if covered under General License.”

Please inform Kazen39 for the attention of Acton.40

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  1. Not printed.↩
  2. Issued by the Office of Exports of the Board of Economic Warfare.↩
  3. The hypothetical case was a question whether an American merchant could obtain shipping space for a small quantity of non-essential cargo from New Orleans to Bolivia.↩
  4. Philip A. Kazen, Special Assistant to the Ambassador from the Board of Economic Warfare.↩
  5. Harold T. Acton, Board of Economic Warfare representative.↩