811.20 (D) Regulations/9885: Telegram
The Minister in Costa Rica (Scotten) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:45 p.m.]
153. For C. M. Ravndal, Department, and George Parkhurst, Board of Economic Warfare, from Moseley and Dalley. Refer to Legation’s airgram 445, February 25, 9:45 a.m.32 Costa Rica will adopt Decentralization Plan A beginning April 1. Only export license applications accompanied by either Certificates of Necessity or Certificates of Essentiality should be considered by the Board of Economic Warfare in the period from April 1 to April 30.
The Mission and Country Agency will submit promptly a non-licensable list of materials to be put immediately into effect for the interim, until Plan A is completely operative as of May 1. In addition they may file a specific list of items licensed or pending that are urgently required and Board of Economic Warfare is requested to give special shipping preference over all others outstanding.
Timing schedules, estimates of supply, and recapitulation of outstanding tonnage in identifiable form should be sent as soon as possible.
With one more stenographer the personnel will be sufficient in the Mission. The Country Agency will be given additional staff to adequately perform the responsibility of decentralization. [Moseley and Dalley.]
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