740.16112 RP/5
The Ambassador in El Salvador ( Thurston ) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 21.]
Subject: Developments in connection with sale of Proclaimed List firms in El Salvador.
Sir: I have the honor to refer to the Embassy’s strictly confidential despatch No. 966 of November 16, 1943,46 with this same heading, and to report that Dr. Rodrigo Samayoa, Minister of Finance, at the suggestion of President Martínez, has informed the Embassy that he is preparing a list of Germans still residing in El Salvador and will submit it to the Embassy with a request that all of these persons be included in the Proclaimed List. Dr. Samayoa was advised that it will not be possible for us to request the listing of such persons unless there is sufficient proof available in each instance to warrant such action on our part.
[Here follows a brief report on the possibilities of a constitutional amendment that would authorize wartime expropriation by the Salvadoran Government of enemy alien property in El Salvador.]
Respectfully yours,
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