837.24/1268: Airgram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Cuba ( Braden )
Washington
, May 1,
1943—6:45 p.m.
A–1235. Embassy’s A–775, of April 24, 1943,68 and telephone conversation of the same date between W. E. Greene, of the Board of Economic Warfare, and Chester Davis, Special Representative of the Board, and George C. Howard, of the Embassy.
The Board of Economic Warfare considers the procedure described below to be the basis of the Decentralization Plan in Cuba.
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- Import recommendations should be issued for all commodities (except Class B products) for which estimates of supply have been or are to be furnished in future quarters, plus the commodities listed in Embassy’s telegram no. 222 of April 9.69
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- It is understood that Class B products are not to be covered by import recommendations at this time although they may be at a later date.
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- Any product covered by an import recommendation requires an export license. Any other product requiring an individual export license will continue to require such license. Paragraph 11, section A, of Current Export Bulletin No. 79,70 which cancels general licenses for countries included in the Decentralization Plan, will not apply to Cuba.
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- This modified decentralization plan will become effective on June 1, 1943, and public announcement to that effect will be made by the Board of Economic Warfare as soon as possible through the usual channels.
The Department concurs in this plan and requests immediate confirmation by telegram from the Embassy.
Hull