837.24/1256.
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Cuba (Briggs)
The Secretary of State refers to the Embassy’s despatch 2817, of April 20, 1943 inquiring with regard to the disposition of the quantities of allocated materials remaining as a result of the rejection of applications for export license accompanied by import recommendations.
If the experience of Cuba under the Decentralization Plan is like that of other countries, there will be few rejections of applications for export license which are accompanied by import recommendations.
In cases where there are rejections, however, the Embassy will receive comparatively quick notice because the quadruplicate copies of all import recommendations for which applications for export license have been approved or rejected will be sent the Embassy as soon as possible after action has been taken by the Board of Economic Warfare.
If the rejection is because of end use, a new import recommendation can be issued for proper end use. If the rejection is because of lack of supply, a new import recommendation should not, of course, be issued in the particular quarter concerned.
It is not likely that there will be many rejections caused by the fact that the consignee is on the proclaimed list or the confidential list since it is expected that the Embassy will screen carefully in this regard. However, if the Board of Economic Warfare should reject for this reason, a new import recommendation can be issued to some other consignee.