815.24/999: Airgram
The Ambassador in Honduras (Erwin)60 to the Secretary of State
[Received August 31—11 a.m.]
A–382. Reference Department’s circular airgram of August 23, 1943, 7:00 p.m.61 and this Embassy’s telegraphic reply of August 27.62 It is recommended that alternative plan three is most suitable for Honduras. Alternative plan two is not feasible in as much as it is believed there would be no efficient means of keeping check on importers [Page 233] as there is no local requirement for exchange or import permits. In the five months operation of Decentralization Plan A in Honduras, there has not been even one instance which has come to the attention of the Embassy where a Proclaimed List national or person or company on the confidential list63 of unsatisfactory consignees, or anyone acting on behalf of such persons, has attempted to import materials from the United States.
For the foregoing reasons it is believed that as efficient consignee control could be exercised in the United States as locally.