816.24/620a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in El Salvador ( Thurston )
Washington
, July 20,
1943—4 p.m.
150. The Coast Guard has been requested by the Salvadoran Military Attaché to sell 1,000 surplus submachine guns to the Salvadoran police.
Please ascertain very discreetly as much as you can concerning the background and motives of this transaction and report by cable.
Hull