812.5018/39
The Department of State to the Mexican Embassy
Memorandum
Further reference is made to the memorandum of September 1, 1943, from the Mexican Embassy,58 concerning the shipment to Mexico of about two million bushels of wheat purchased in this country and requesting that, since it will not be possible to ship the two million bushels to Mexico before January 31, 1944, the subsidy arrangement be extended to January 31 of next year.
A further communication on this matter has now been received from the Acting Secretary of Agriculture59 stating that the period for delivery under the subsidy program has been extended from October 31 to December 31, 1943. The Acting Secretary of Agriculture expresses the view that the extension of time should be quite ample to take care of remaining stocks in the United States, particularly if the Mexican Government is taking steps, as has been indicated to the Department of Agriculture, to increase the current volume of wheat imports into Mexico.