812.5018/69: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Mexico (Messersmith)
1932. The best information available to the Department regarding the corn for Mexico is as follows:
From United States Government sources about 6,500 tons; from other sources in the United States, about 18,000 tons (of which 12,000 tons is said to have been acquired by Ambassador Del Rio although full details are not available.) In addition, 1900 tons is available from Cuba of which 500 have already been shipped with an additional 1500 tons expected to be available shortly. The Department and other agencies at Washington will continue to cooperate to expedite shipments.
With regard to Mexican oilseed meal exports, the interested agencies of this Government would like to see these products move rapidly through normal commercial channels at the price levels which were indicated to you. You are authorized to furnish this information in writing to the Minister of Agriculture as suggested in your telegram 1086, November 8, 4 p.m., and to add that quantities of oilseed meals shipped to the United States under these conditions would be welcomed as evidence of the Mexican Government’s cooperation provided that Mexico will similarly accept all corn shipped from this country either through Government or commercial channels.
Although the Department believes that the setting off of amounts of corn furnished from the United States as against the amounts of oilseed meal furnished by Mexico serves a useful purpose, it is the Department’s position that an exact equivalence can not at all times be obtained, and the Department believes it to the advantage of both Governments to extend to each other a maximum of cooperation.