812.24/1839: Airgram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Mexico (Messersmith)
A–1456. Embassy’s despatch number 8218, March 16, 1943.88 To meet situations of an emergency character the Board of Economic Warfare does not require that export license applications be accompanied by the corresponding certificates of necessity or import recommendations. [Page 247] A properly executed export license application will be favorably considered when it contains a statement to the effect that a certificate or import recommendation has been issued for the materials listed on the application and will be submitted to the Board of Economic Warfare, Office of Exports, as soon as it is received from the foreign importer. The statement must include the number of the certificate or import recommendation so that the licensing officers in the Office of Exports may check against the lists supplied by the Mission of certificates or import recommendations issued each quarter.
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