800.8820/1148: Telegram

The Ambassador in Chile (Bowers) to the Secretary of State

686. Reference Embassy’s despatch no. 5979, March 16, 1943.94 Export control decentralization plan effective April 1 requires maintenance of statistics to insure close coordination in tonnage available and Import Recommendations issued. Embassy is unable, however, to establish a target tonnage figure without specific information concerning substantial difference between tonnage known to be arriving in Chile and tonnage announced by Washington as available per month.

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Bowers
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