Index1

  • Acheson, Dean, 216, 476478, 484485, 522523, 562563, 818
  • American Cyanamid Co., 477, 478, 485, 487491, 496508
  • Amezaga, Juan José, 777n, 784, 786, 790, 790791
  • Araújo, Alfonso, 46n, 4647, 4748, 5152, 56, 5758
  • Argaña, Luis A., 673, 674, 676, 686, 691696 passim, 703n, 707, 708, 709
  • Argentina: Relations with Peru, 713, 718, 729730; trade agreement with Paraguay, 707, 708709; trade agreement with United States, cited, 701, 70n, 705
  • Arroyo del Río, Carlos A., 288n, 288304 passim
  • Australia, 717, 718, 719
  • Avila Camacho, Gen. Manuel, 397, 413414, 415, 417, 427, 433, 434, 470471, 510, 511, 515516, 539540, 562, 570, 611, 612, 613, 614
  • Barber, Willard, 139n, 187n, 268270
  • Batista y Zaldívar, Fulgencio, 135, 152153, 153, 154, 156n, 168, 187, 199, 246247, 250
  • Berle, Adolf A., Jr., 436437
  • Bernstein, E. M., 243244, 244
  • Biddle, Francis, 132134
  • Board of Economic Warfare (BEW), 30, 31, 69, 94, 96, 214, 217, 219, 225, 227, 228, 230, 234, 234n, 381, 477, 478, 502, 505, 506, 507, 722n, 735, 738, 742, 804, 805
  • Bonsal, Philip W., interest in U.S. relations with Colombia, 7375; Cuba, 154155, 164, 170173, 182184, 190, 210, 258; Ecuador, 291292; El Salvador, 308309; Mexico, 410, 414, 430432, 433, 446448, 460462, 571575, 575; Panamá, 656659, 664, 665666
  • Brazil, 756, 817
  • Brett, Gen. George H., 910, 311n, 312, 342n, 342, 642n
  • Brown, Courtney, 166, 173, 193
  • Brown, Harry F., 533, 535, 547, 549, 563, 567, 568569
  • Bustamante, R. Arturo, 312313, 314, 314315, 319, 336, 337, 338, 339, 339340, 340
  • Byrnes, James F., 434, 435, 436, 562
  • Cabot, John Moors, 309310, 314315, 330331, 337, 339340
  • Calderόn Guardia, Rafaél Angel, 93, 98n, 122, 127, 132
  • Carias Andino, Tibureio, 373n, 375
  • Casanova, José Manuel, 165, 167168, 195
  • Castillo Nájera, Francisco, 396, 402n, 402403, 411n, 417, 593n, 630
  • Chile, 716, 717718, 740, 741742
  • Clover, Philip Petrie, 762, 764765
  • Coffee. See Costa Rica: Financial transactions: U.S. purchase of coffee; and under Guatemala and Venezuela.
  • Collado, Emilio G., 336, 692, 695
  • Colombia, 190
    • Adherence to United Nations Declaration of Jan. 1, 1942, 3n, 34, 7, 8, 1112, 1214
    • Agricultural plan, financial assistance by United States in connection with. See Export-Import Bank loan, infra.
    • American Protestant missions in Colombia, discussions by American Ambassador with Colombian church and government officials concerning hostility toward, 8090
    • Export-import Bank loan for agricultural purposes, negotiation of, 6980
    • Financial transactions involving the Axis, efforts of United States and Colombian Governments to control, 4469
      • Drug and chemical firms, question of replacement of Axis interests in, 61, 6167
      • Economic Defense Plan. See Enemy property, etc., infra.
      • Enemy property and assets, economic and financial control of: Enactment by Colombian Congress of comprehensive legislation concerning, 4950; liquidation or nationalization of Axis enterprises, 55, 57; transactions in dollar currency, 5758, 69
      • Insurance business, elimination of Axis influence from, 5861
      • Interventor system, administration of (see also Proclaimed List, infra), 4447
      • Italian firms in Colombia, question of easing of restrictions as result of developments in Europe, 6768
      • Proclaimed List, U.S.-Colombian discussions regarding administration of, 4449, 5657; establishment of Colombian consultative commission in connection with, proposed, 45, 46, 5051, 5254
      • Vatican interest in Banco de Francés e Italiano, 5152, 5556
    • Germany, relations with. See State of belligerency, etc., infra.
    • Italian tankers requisitioned by Colombia, negotiations leading to U.S. purchase of, 3743; signature of contract July 30, 43n
    • Naval Mission agreement with United States continuing in effect the agreement of Nov. 23, 1938, effected by exchange of notes, July 23 and Aug. 7, citation to text, 14
    • Rubber. See under Strategic materials, infra.
    • State of belligerency with Germany, entry into, 114
      • Adherence to United Nations Declaration subsequent to, 3n, 34, 7, 8, 1112, 1214
      • Attack on and sinking of Colombian schooner Ruby by German submarine, 12, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12
      • Colombian action and explanation of policy, 1, 25, 56, 89; official communiqué and Senate resolution, 1011
      • Plans for Colombian cooperation with United States in war effort, 910
      • Public reaction, 67
      • Status of Axis nationals, 3, 4
      • U.S. position, 7
    • Strategic materials, arrangements to procure for United States, 1437
      • Air-rubber agreement with Defense Supplies Corp., negotiations for, and signature Dec. 27, 20, 2930, 3337
      • Overall strategic materials program (see also Rubber purchase agreement, infra): Negotiations regarding exportation of materials to United States, leading to exchange of notes Mar. 29, 15, 2021, 29, 3033; draft note, 1516
      • Rubber purchase agreement with Rubber Reserve Co.: Discussions regarding revised operating agreement, 14, 15, 1819, 2026; draft note, 1618; exchange of notes Feb. 2, 2628
      • Tire plant in Colombia, Colombian desire for U.S. construction of, 1819, 2425, 28
  • Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC):
  • Compañia Bananera de Costa Rica, 129132, 133
  • Concheso, Aurelio F., 172n, 172, 173, 232233
  • Cooke, Morris L., 585, 586, 588, 589, 590, 591
  • Costa Rica, 91134
    • Agreements with United States:
      • Cooperative rubber investigations in Costa Rica, supplementary agreement effected by exchange of notes Apr. 3, and agreement continuing in force the original agreement as amended, effected by exchange of notes June 21 and July 1, citation to texts, 91
      • Establisnment of a cinchona plantation in Costa Rica, memorandum of understanding between Defense Supplies Corporation and Costa Rican Government, discussions concerning and signature Mar. 12, 94100
    • Financial transactions involving the Axis, cooperative efforts to control, 100123
      • Coffee, purchase by United States. See U.S. purchase, etc., infra.
      • Foreign funds control:
        • Blocking of Italian funds held by Spanish Minister in Costa Rica, discussions concerning, 100102, 103, 105106, 107109, 110116; campaign of Proclaimed List Italians for deletion from List, 121122
        • Freezing controls and other measures, American Embassy report for the month of October, 119122
      • Proclaimed List: Control of Proclaimed List nationals in Costa Rica, summary of regulations, 104105; procedures and policies on maintenance of, 116119, 122123; Proclaimed List Italians, campaign for deletion from List, 121122
      • U.S. purchase of coffee from expropriated Axis property, efforts to formulate and enforce a policy concerning (see also Proclaimed List, supra), 102103, 103104, 107
    • Gasoline imports outside the petroleum pool quota, U.S. position regarding, 9194
    • Gold clause cases in Costa Rican courts, interest of Department of State in principles involved in litigation of, 123134
    • Quinine. See Agreements with United States: Establishment of a cinchona plantation, supra.
  • Crowley, Leo T., 498n, 498499, 499, 501, 503n, 505n, 505530 passim
  • Cuba, 135279
    • Agreements with United States:
      • Military and naval cooperation agreement. See under Hemisphere defense, infra.
      • Military service agreement, effected by exchange of notes Nov. 6, 1942, Jan. 9 and Feb. 1, 1943, citation to text, 151
    • Agricultural diversification program, U.S. assistance regarding, 223239
      • Consideration of, and Cuban attitude, 223227, 237238
      • Corn and beans, Commodity Credit Corp. agreement to purchase entire surplus from 1943 planting, 223224, 224, 225227, 230231
      • Dehydrating plants for vegetables, establishment of, 228229, 231236
      • Farm machinery from United States, 229, 238239
      • Peanut production, discussions regarding increase of, 223, 224, 227228, 231, 237; Commodity Credit Corporation contract to purchase export surplus, 237
    • American-owned sugar mill destroyed by fire, U.S. representations regarding Cuban intervention to compel restoration of, 197211
    • Financial assistance by United States (see also Agricultural diversification program, supra), 240259
      • Central Bank, consultation between U.S. and Cuban officials regarding establishment of, 243244
      • Cuban defense projects, 242243
      • $25,000,000 credit by Export-Import Bank (see also Public works program, infra):
      • Lend-Lease funds, question of utilization of, 240, 241, 247248
      • Public works program (see also $25,000,000 credit, supra), status and further developments, 240241, 245258
    • Hemisphere defense, cooperation with United States regarding certain military measures for, 135151
      • Aids to navigation in Cuban harbors, Cuban consent to U.S. installation of, 142143
      • Censorship of the mails and other communications, discussions concerning allocation of U.S. funds for, 146147, 148149, 150151
      • Creation of security areas, 145
      • Military and naval cooperation agreement:
        • Approval of, and signature of supplementary agreement Feb. 1, 135136; text of signed agreement, 136138
        • Consideration of an additional agreement, 139142, 143145, 147148, 149150
      • Military jurisdiction over members of U.S. armed forces, discussions concerning, 141, 143144, 146
    • Price stabilization, U.S. efforts to aid Cuba in, 211222
    • Sugar crops of 1943 and 1944, discussions and agreements with United States relating to, 151185
      • Agreement of Apr. 3 for U.S. purchase of 1943 crop: Discussions leading to, 151165, 166n; quantity of U.S. sugar purchase, 165, 166, 179180
      • Agreement of Sept. 22 for U.S. purchase of 1944 crop: Discussions in Habana, 166170; negotiations with Cuban Commission in Washington, 162, 170176; notes to Cuban Minister of State regarding, 177179
      • Insurance of crops, discussions concerning, 185197
      • Molasses and industrial alcohol, discussions concerning possible U.S. purchase of, 176177, 180181, 182184, 185
      • Proposal of Mexican Government in conjunction with Pepsi Cola Co. to purchase 100,000 tons of refined sugar, and U.S. position regarding, 181182, 184185
    • Taxation of U.S. Government agencies in Cuba, U.S. representations to Cuban Government, and Cuban position, 259279
  • Cuban-American Sugar Co., 197, 198
  • Dasso, David, 745756 passim
  • Defense Supplies Corporation, 20n, 2930, 3337, 94100, 273275, 277, 277n, 278, 284, 285, 288, 295, 296, 297, 298, 712
  • Del Rio Canedo, Francisco, 434, 437, 438, 441442, 444, 447
  • Dominican Republic, 280283
    • Agreements with United States:
      • Health and sanitation program, agreement providing for, effected by exchange of notes June 19 and July 7, 283
      • U.S. Naval Mission to Dominican Republic, agreement signed Jan. 25, 280
      • U.S. purchase of exportable surpluses of rice, corn, and peanut meal, agreement approving memorandum of understanding dated May 20, effected by exchange of notes June 10, 280
    • Axis properties in Dominican Republic, U.S. interest in disposition of, 280283
  • Duggan, Laurence, interest in U.S. relations with Colombia, 69, 73, 76; Cuba, 151152, 153, 158159; Mexico, 414n, 501502, 502, 503, 504, 592593, 605606, 617618, 622623, 628629; Paraguay, 693694; Peru, 739, 740
  • East, Julio L., 712713, 714, 717, 728, 735n, 735743 passim, 747, 749, 750, 750n, 753, 754, 757, 758
  • Echandi, Alberto, 116, 121, 122
  • Ecuador, 284307
    • Agreement with United States detailing a U.S. military officer to serve as technical director of Eloy Alfaro Military College of Ecuador, signed Sept. 13, 284
    • Financial assistance by United States:
      • Agricultural development, question of $10,000,000 additional U.S. credit for, 291293
      • Pan American Highway, Export–Import Bank credits for financing of, 295, 299300
    • Financial transactions involving the Axis, efforts of U.S. and Ecuadoran Governments to control, 304307
    • Pan American Highway, Export–Import Bank credits for financing of, 295, 299300
    • Rubber production. See Rubber purchase agreement under Strategic materials, etc., infra.
    • Strategic materials, arrangements to procure for United States:
      • Balsa purchase program, 287288
      • Cinchona bark, U.S. purchase of. See Quinine agreement, infra.
      • Quinine agreement of Feb. 23, negotiations for, 284285, 287, 287n, 291; difficulties in execution of provisions of, 295299
      • Rubber Development Corporation: Activities in connection with utilization of rubber development fund, 290, 293295, 301302, 303; reorganization of, 300301, 302303, 304
      • Rubber purchase agreement of July 20, 1942, problems in implementation of, 286287, 288290, 293295
  • Ecuadoran Development Corporation, 284285, 291, 292293
  • Edgerton, Gen. Glenn E., 648, 650669 passim
  • El Salvador, 308341
    • Agreements with United States:
      • Application of United States Selective Service Act of 1940, as amended, to Salvadoran citizens residing in United States, agreement by exchange of notes Apr. 3 and May 14 and 31, 308
      • U.S. military officer to serve as director of the military school and of the military academy of El Salvador: Agreement by exchange of notes Mar. 25, extending agreement of Mar. 27, 1941, 308; agreement contracting for the detail of an officer, signed May 21, 308
    • Axis properties in El Salvador, U.S. interest in disposition of, 324328
    • Economic Mission to United States. See Loan contract of 1922, and Petroleum, etc., infra.
    • Loan contract of 1922, informal assistance by Department of State to representatives of holders of Salvadoran bonds under, 329341; Salvadoran plan for settlement of debt problem, and favorable attitude of Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, 334341
    • Petroleum, U.S. efforts to adjust El Salvador’s allotment, 312324
    • U.S. Department of State’s opposition to requested sale of machine guns to El Salvador, 308312
  • Escalante, Carlos M., 92, 93, 101n, 101, 106n
  • Esculies, Francisco, 698n, 699, 700, 701, 703
  • Espinoza, Rogelio, 692, 693, 694, 695, 702, 702, 708, 708709, 710
  • Export-Import Bank, loans and credits to various countries:
    • Colombia, negotiation of loan for agricultural purposes, 6980
    • Cuba. See $25,000,000 credit under Cuba: Financial assistance.
    • Ecuador, credits for financing of Pan American Highway, 299300
    • Honduras, loan contract, 364, 370372
    • Paraguay, program for utilization of $3,000,000 loan, 692697
    • Uruguay. See under Uruguay.
  • Fábrega, Octavio, 647, 654655, 660668 passim
  • Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, Inc., 334, 336341, 745757 passim
  • Garfias, Valentin, 418, 418419, 511, 524
  • Germany. See Colombia: State of belligerency with Germany.
  • Giorgi, Luis, 762763, 764, 765, 766, 791
  • Godoy, Enrique, 187196 passim
  • Gomez, Marte, 443n, 443, 445, 611, 612, 627
  • González Fernández, Alberto, 19n, 19, 2628, 31n, 3233
  • Grace & Company, 712n, 714, 715
  • Guani, Alberto, 762763, 764, 765, 766, 777, 783, 785, 788, 789, 791
  • Guatemala, 342361
    • Axis properties, U.S. interest in disposition of. See Coffee, etc., infra.
    • Coffee produced on Proclaimed List plantations, question of disposition of 1942–43 crop, and proposed expropriation of properties, 346354, 355359; U.S. War Department contract for purchase of Proclaimed List coffee for Army needs, 354355, 359361
    • U.S. defense installations in Puerto Barrios, transfer to Guatemalan Government, and replacement of certain U.S. forces by Guatemalan troops, 342345
    • U.S. military officer to serve as director of the Polytechnic School of Guatemala, agreement with United States concerning, July 17, 346
  • Gutierrez Mangel, Francisco de Paula, 114115, 115116, 126
  • Habana Foreign Ministers’ Conference (1940), resolutions cited, 4n, 15, 20, 26
  • Hackworth, Green H., 590592, 608610, 618619
  • Haiti, supplementary agreement with United States respecting finances, continuing in force certain provisions of the agreement of Sept. 80, 1942, 362
  • Hawkins, Harry C, 702703
  • Hemisphere defense. See under Cuba; see also Defense under Mexico, Paraguay, and Venezuela.
  • Honduras, 363395
    • Currency shortage in Honduras, U.S. cooperative efforts to relieve, 372395
      • Axis operations, control of, 376377, 377, 381, 382, 384
      • Controls with respect to dollar circulation: Developments in connection with, summary, 372377; effects of U.S. program and Honduran controls, and possible modification of controls, 377382, 383385, 385386
      • Effect of currency shortage on construction of Inter-American Highway, 385, 386, 394
      • Gold, question of utilization of, 386387, 388
      • Silver coins, use for internal circulation, 385, 386, 387388, 388389, 393395
      • Visit of U.S. technical financial mission to Honduras to study monetary system and credit needs, 383, 389390; report and recommendations, 390393
    • Export-Import Bank loan (1942), 364, 370372
    • Inter-American Highway, discussions concerning waiver of consular fees on supplies for, 363372; effects of currency shortage on construction of, 385, 386, 394
    • Plantation rubber investigations, agreement with United States continuing in force agreement of Feb 28, 1941, by exchange of notes June 18 and 28, 1943, 372
  • Hull, Cordell, 505506
  • Ickes, Harold L., 455, 459, 460462
  • Illingworth, Vicente, 286, 289, 291, 294, 295, 300, 306
  • Inter-American Coffee Agreement, cited, 332, 358359
  • Inter-American Conference on Systems of Economic and Financial Control (Washington, 1942), resolutions cited, 101, 103, 108, 110, 111, 115, 305, 346347, 353n, 509, 633, 635636, 722, 726, 729, 730, 734, 774, 775778, 780782, 820821, 824, 828, 834
  • Inter-American Highway. See under Honduras; see also Pan American Highway.
  • Irisarri, José Miguel, 260n, 260, 261, 262, 276n
  • Italy (see also Costa Rica: Financial transactions: Foreign funds control):
    • Colombia: Italian firms in Colombia, question of easing of controls on, 6768; Italian tankers requisitioned by Colombia, U.S. purchase of, 3743
    • Peru, remittances to Peruvian citizens in Italy, 724, 725
  • Japan, 720, 721, 723, 733
  • Keiser, David, 198199, 199, 200, 200n, 201211 passim
  • Key, David McK., 311, 311312
  • La Spina, Albert F., 18, 19, 20, 30, 34, 36
  • Lawson, Lawrence M., 601n, 604, 608, 610, 615623 passim, 629
  • Lend-Lease:
  • Lleras Camargo, Alberto, 76, 85n, 85
  • Lόpez, Alfonso, 1n, 2n, 13, 14, 2021, 29, 31, 46, 47, 67, 7172, 73, 77, 82n, 8485, 87
  • Lόpez Castro, Amadeo, 164177 passim, 196, 199, 200n, 202, 223, 226, 227, 231232, 238246 passim, 251252
  • Lόpez Pumarejo, Miguel, 18, 2021, 52, 69, 7078 passim
  • Lowry, Walker W., 286, 289, 290, 293, 294, 301302
  • Lozano y Lozano, Carlos, 2n, 2, 35, 89, 11, 1213
  • MacLean, William G., 545546, 556557, 558560, 567569, 577578, 585n
  • Mañas, Arturo, 164, 166167, 167168, 174, 175, 198, 199, 200n, 200, 201, 207208, 210
  • Martínez, Gen. Maximiliano H., 310, 325, 326, 327, 328, 339
  • Martínez Saenz, Joaquin, 166, 167, 227n, 230231, 237
  • Martínez-Viademonte, José A., 136n, 141n, 163n
  • McGurk, J. F., 551552, 558, 559, 608, 620621, 626, 629
  • MeNutt, Paul V., 538, 548n, 573, 573, 574575, 576, 578, 579
  • Medina Angarita, Isaias, 800, 809, 810812, 813, 843, 853
  • Mejía, Francisco Alfredo, 312n, 314, 318, 321
  • Meltzer, Bernard D., 502505, 506508, 523524
  • Mendoza, Eugenio, 801n, 801, 802803, 809, 810
  • Metals Reserve Co., 145n, 261, 262, 264, 277, 278279, 805806; overall agreement with Peru, signed July 14, 735744
  • Mexico, 396631
    • Agreements with United States:
      • Agricultural and other workers, agreements regarding. See Migration, etc., infra.
      • Expropriated petroleum properties, agreement regarding payment for, by exchange of notes Sept. 23 and 29, 585592
      • Military service due by nationals of each country residing in the other, agreement of Jan. 22 denning, citation to text, 402, 416
      • Mutual aid in the prosecution of the war, agreement regarding principles applying to, text and exchange of notes Mar. 18, 397402
      • Weather stations in Mexico, cooperative program for, agreement by exchange of notes May 18 and June 14, citation to text, 631
    • American wheat and corn, arrangements for providing to Mexico, 420449
      • Mexican request for wheat, and discussions concerning export under subsidy program of U.S. Department of Agriculture, 429432, 440
      • Release of U.S. Government owned or controlled corn to relieve Mexican shortage: Mexican request for corn, and U.S. difficulties involved, 432433, 436437; seriousness of corn crisis in Mexico and related problems, 433435, 439440; vegetable meal from Mexico in exchange for corn, discussions concerning, 437439, 441442, 442449
    • Axis influence in Mexican firms, efforts by U.S. and Mexican Governments to eliminate, 476530
      • Proclaimed List controls, question of successful execution of program, and U.S. assistance in (see also Reorganization, etc., infra):
        • Actions by Mexican Government, and informal conferences between U.S. Embassy and Foreign Office, 476483, 486487, 491495, 511512, 514515
        • Financial and technical assistance by United States, question of, 478, 484485, 496498, 516518
      • Reorganization and development of former German chemical and pharmaceutical firms in Mexico:
        • Operation by American Cyanamid Company, proposed contract with Mexican Government for, 477, 478, 485, 487491, 496497, 498, 499508
        • Plan of Alien Property Custodian to assist in development of Mexican drug and chemical industry: Discussions and recommendations, 498499, 499501, 505506, 508509, 510511, 513514; exchange of letters between President Roosevelt and President Avila Camacho, 509510, 515516; visit of Assistant to Alien Property Custodian to Mexico, and developments leading to exchange of notes between the two Governments, 518530
    • Colorado and Rio Grande Rivers, negotiation of an agreement with United States on division of the waters of, 592630
      • Colorado River (see also Proposed water treaty, infra): Informal conversations in Mexico, and discussions concerning, 592596, 605606, 617619, 620; Mexican memorandum of views, and U.S. analyses and comments, 596605, 606608; water for Mexicali district, discussions concerning, 611617; question of arbitration, 593594, 605, 618, 618619, 628; U.S. proposal and other actions taken at Santa Fe meeting of Colorado Basin States, 608610, 618, 628
      • Proposed water treaty: Negotiations, and difficulties encountered, 620628, 629630; Rio Grande, division of waters, 602603, 620621, 623, 624625; tentative agreement between representatives of Mexican Foreign Office and Department of State, 628629, 630
    • Cuban sugar, Mexican proposal regarding purchase of, and U.S. position, 181182, 184185
    • Defense questions, discussions with United States concerning, 396416
      • American warships, permission to obtain duty-free supplies in Mexican ports, 407
      • Food rations for Mexican troops stationed in Lower California, 407408, 409410, 410411
      • Mexican armed forces, question of participation in the war, 397, 404406, 408409, 410, 413415
      • Mexican citizens in U.S. military service: Agreement with United States relative to military service, Jan. 22, cited, 402, 416; alleged efforts of U.S. military authorities concerning naturalization of, 396397; selective service status of Mexican nationals, discussions concerning, 402403, 406407, 411412
      • Military deserters, question of reciprocal exchange of, 412413, 415416
      • Mutual aid agreement signed Mar. 18, text of agreement and exchange of notes, 397402
    • Economic cooperation with United States. See Mexican-American Commission, infra.
    • Expropriation of properties. See Petroleum properties, infra.
    • Gasoline exports to Costa Rica, U.S. policy regarding, 9194
    • International waters. See Colorado and Rio Grande Rivers, supra.
    • Mexican-American Commission for Economic Cooperation, establishment of, 417418; report of Commission, and discussions concerning recommendations, 418429
    • Migration of agricultural and other workers into United States for temporary employment, arrangements regarding, 531585
    • Agreement of Aug. 4, 1942, concerning agricultural workers (see also Agricultural laborers, infra): Implementation of, 532, 538, 540541, 546547; revision of, by exchange of notes Apr. 26, 1943, 548, 550
    • Petroleum industry, discussions with United States concerning operating problems of, 449475 [Page 865]
      • Construction of high octane gasoline plant, proposed, 454, 455, 456457, 459460; plan agreed to by both Governments, and discussion of a press release regarding, 459462
      • Development and exploitation of Mexican oil resources. See Participation, etc., infra.
      • Gasoline rationing, problems for American travelers in connection with, 455456
      • Gasoline shipments to Cuba and Central American republics, problems in connection with U.S. pool arrangements, 9194, 181182, 312, 463469
      • Participation by U.S. interests and capital in the Mexican oil industry:
        • Conversations regarding, and basis for understanding, 449452, 457459, 469475
        • Drilling of oil wells, question of, 462463
        • Rehabilitation and expansion, recommendations of joint mission of U.S. and Mexican experts, 452454
    • Petroleum properties, settlement of claims growing out of 1938 expropriations, 585592; agreement effected by exchange of notes Sept. 25 and 29, citation to text, 592
  • Montealegre, Mariano R., 98n, 98, 99n, 99, 100
  • Mora y Arenas, Angel de la, 101n, 101, 103, 105106, 107n, 107116 passim, 122
  • Morínigo, Higínio, 671, 672, 673, 674, 682683, 684, 686, 690691, 692, 703n, 709
  • Motley, Arthur W., 542n, 549, 559, 560, 571572
  • Munro, Dana G., 336, 337, 338, 340341
  • Nicaragua, 632639
    • Agreements with United States:
      • Plantation rubber investigations, agreement by exchange of notes June 23 and 26, extending agreement of Jan. 11, 1941, 639
      • U.S. military officer to serve as director of the Military Academy of the National Guard of Nicaragua, agreement by exchange of notes Oct. 22 and 25, extending agreement of May 22, 1941, 632
    • Expropriation of the property of enemy nationals, proposed legislation concerning, and passage of a bill by Nicaraguan Senate and House, 632639
    • Financial transactions involving the Axis, efforts to control. See Expropriation, etc., supra.
  • Nicaro Nickel Co., 140, 145, 203, 245246, 260, 260n, 261, 262, 264
  • Nuland, L. H., 314, 315n, 322, 323, 463465
  • Office of Price Administration (OPA), 214, 215, 219, 220
  • Oil. See Petroleum.
  • O’Neill, Anna A., 129132, 264267
  • Padilla, Ezequiel, 404405, 408409, 413414, 450451, 460, 471, 472, 473475, 557566 passim, 611612
  • Padilla Nervo, Luis, 545546, 549, 563, 585
  • Panama, 640669
    • Agreements with United States:
      • Defense Sites Agreement (1942), cited, 640646 passim
      • General treaty of friendship and cooperation (1936), cited, 653
      • Health and sanitation program, agreement providing for, by exchange of notes Dec. 3, 1942, and Mar. 3, 1943, 669
      • Treaty of 1903, cited, 654, 667
      • Twelve Point Agreement of May 18, 1942. See under Waterworks, etc., infra.
      • U.S. military officer to serve as adviser to the Panamanian Minister for Foreign Affairs, agreement by exchange of notes July 6 and Aug. 5, extending agreement of July 7, 1942, 640
    • Jurisdiction of Canal Zone Courts over defense areas in Panama, discussions of certain proposals by U.S. War Department regarding, 640648
    • Railroad station and yards in Panama City, question of relocation, 649650, 651, 662666, 668669
    • Waterworks and sewer systems in Colόn and Panamá, discussions concerning management of:
  • Pan American Airways, Inc., 683, 797
  • Pan American Grace Airways (Panagra), 716, 718
  • Pan American Highway (see also Honduras: Inter-American Highway): Export-Import Bank credit to Ecuador for financing of, 295, 299300; increase of Salvadoran gasoline quota for construction of, 317, 318
  • Paraguay, 670711
    • Agreements with United States for a U.S. military aviation mission and a U.S. military mission to Paraguay, signed Oct. 21 and Dec. 10, respectively, 688690; citation to texts, 690
    • Argentina, trade agreement with, 707, 708709
    • Defense problems, discussions with United States concerning, 670688
      • Airport construction plans, discussions concerning changes in, 682688
      • Axis organizations and influence, Paraguayan action regarding, 670, 672674, 681682
      • Clandestine activities in German Legation, rumors of, and difficulties arising from search of premises, 675677
      • Lend-Lease materials, Paraguayan reaction to arrival of, 670672
      • Proclaimed List situation, 677680
      • Publicity for foreign-language groups, U.S. position regarding, 675
    • Economic assistance by United States discussions concerning (see also Lend-Lease, and Trade agreement, etc., infra), 696697
      • Export-Import Bank credit, discussions relative to plans for utilization of, 691, 692697
      • Visit of President Morlnígo to United States, and subjects of discussion, 690692, 692n
    • Lend-Lease materials, Paraguayan reaction to arrival of, 670672
    • Petroleum products and tires, cooperation with United States to prevent sales to Proclaimed List nationals, 697701
    • Proclaimed List nationals and firms, 677680, 697701
    • Trade agreement with United States, negotiations respecting, 701711
    • Uruguay, relations with, 709
    • U.S. Military Aviation Mission and Military Mission to Paraguay, discussions concerning, 688690; agreements signed Oct. 27 and Dec. 10, respectively, 690
  • Parra Pérez, Caracciolo, 793, 794n, 796, 797, 799, 804, 829, 831832, 832, 842
  • Pauley, Edwin W., 451452, 455, 461
  • Pepsi Cola Co., 181, 184
  • Perdomo, Archbishop Ismael, 80n, 8081, 82, 85, 86
  • Peru, 712761
    • Agreements with United States (see also Metals and minerals, infra):
      • Air service agreement, adjunct to the project of developing wild rubber, Feb. 18, 712
      • Inter-American Cooperative Food Production Service in Peru, establishment of, agreement by exchange of notes May 19 and 20, 745
      • Rubber agreement (1942), 712
    • Financial transactions involving the Axis, U.S. efforts to secure cooperation of Peruvian Government in control of, 720735
      • Apprehension concerning attempts to repatriate German funds, and consideration of action to be taken, 733735
      • Banking controls, question of, 721723, 724726, 729730, 733
      • Measures against Axis enterprises and Proclaimed List firms, Peruvian activities and U.S. views, 720721, 723724, 726729, 730733
    • Foreign debt discussions, and U.S. efforts to obtain settlement of dollar debt, 745758; statement of Peruvian external funded debt, 751752
    • Metals and minerals, over-all agreement with Metals Reserve Co., signed July 14: Taxation question, discussions in connection with negotiation of agreement, 735743; text of agreement, 743744
    • National Library of Peru, U.S. aid in restoration of, 758761
    • Shipping problems, discussions with United States regarding, 712720
      • Peruvian ships in U.S. trade, discussions concerning use of, 712714, 715, 719
      • Transfer of shipping operations to U.S. Gulf ports based on military considerations, 714, 715716; passenger services to west coast of South America, probable suspension of, 716, 717718
      • Wheat shipments from Australia, question of allocation of shipping space for, 717, 718720
  • Petroleum. See Costa Rica: Gasoline imports, etc.; and under El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
  • Petroleum Supply Committee for Latin America, 91, 93, 768
  • Pierson, Warren Lee, 78, 255256, 302303, 747
  • Pope, Col. Frederick, 485, 487, 488, 489490, 490, 498
  • Prado Ugarteche, Manuel, 728, 739, 747, 750, 751, 753
  • Proclaimed List. See Ecuador: Financial transactions; Guatemala: Coffee produced on Proclaimed List plantations; Nicaragua: Expropriation, etc.; Peru: Financial transactions; and under the following: Colombia: Financial transactions; Costa Rica: Financial transactions; Mexico: Axis influence; Paraguay: Defense problems; Uruguay: Financial transactions; and Venezuela: Financial transactions.
  • Protestant missions in Colombia, American, hostility toward, 8090
  • Railway Labor Act (1934), cited, 573
  • Rio de Janeiro Foreign Ministers’ Meeting (1942), resolutions cited, 4n, 15, 20, 96, 509, 743, 828
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D., 417, 417n, 427, 436, 455, 455n, 505, 508, 509, 509510, 510, 511, 513, 515, 523
  • Rosenthal, Morris, 736, 738, 739, 740742
  • Rubber. See Costa Rica: Agreements: Cooperative rubber investigations; Honduras: Plantation rubber, etc.; and under Colombia: Strategic materials; Ecuador: Strategic materials; Peru; and Venezuela: Agreements with United States.
  • Rubber Reserve Co., 1428 passim
  • Salazar, Carlos, 349n, 349350, 350, 356
  • Samaysa, Rodrigo, 316, 324325, 325, 326, 328
  • Santovenia, Emeterio, 141n, 142, 146, 205, 208209, 217, 221
  • Scherer, George F., 139141, 170, 174175, 176177, 187, 190, 193, 196197, 203204, 216217
  • Second War Powers Act (1942), cited, 396
  • Serrato, José, 772, 773, 787n, 787788, 789, 792
  • Sevilla Sacasa, Ramόn, 632, 633, 638
  • Ships and shipping:
    • Peru, discussions with United States. See Peru: Shipping problems.
    • U.S. purchase of Italian tankers requisitioned by Colombia, 3743
    • Venezuelan coffee, question of facilities for shipment to United States, 816819
  • Smith, Col. Eugene F., 642n, 642, 643
  • Spain (see also Costa Rica: Financial transactions: Foreign funds control), 675677, 729730, 733n, 733735, 820, 821, 822, 829, 842, 843, 844
  • Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, 770, 807, 808, 809, 810811, 813
  • Stettinius, Edward R., Jr., 628n
  • Stevens, Oliver M., 541542, 542, 545
  • Stevenson, Coke R., 557, 560561, 564, 565, 566, 568
  • Strategic materials. See Peru: Metals and minerals; and under Colombia, Ecuador, and Venezuela.
  • Sugar. See under Cuba.
  • Sugar Act of 1937, cited, 175
  • Switzerland, 721723, 725726, 729730, 831832, 834
  • Taxation. See Peru: Metals and minerals, etc.: and under Cuba. Taylor, Wayne C, 417, 418, 422, 506
  • Tello, Manuel, 480481, 482, 482483, 547, 549, 550551, 558, 569570, 578, 583
  • Thornburg, Max W., 452, 459460, 461, 762763, 809, 813814
  • Timm, Charles A., 596, 602605, 605n, 606608, 608, 610, 615, 616617, 620n, 624630 passim
  • Tinoco Castro, Lúis D., 106n, 106, 107n, 110, 111, 112
  • Torres Bodet, Jaime, 486, 538539, 552n, 553, 561, 566, 593595, 595, 605, 613, 614
  • Treaties, conventions, etc., between United States and various countries. See Colombia: Naval mission and Strategic materials; Guatemala: U.S. military officer, etc.; Haiti; see also Agreements with United States under Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela.
  • Tucker, Morrison G., 518, 519, 522, 523, 527528
  • Turbay, Gabriel, 18, 19, 21, 25n, 4446, 50, 51, 82n
  • Ubico, Gen. Jorge, 342, 343, 345, 350, 355356
  • United Fruit Co., 123134, 166, 381, 386, 387
  • United Kingdom: Honduras, British bondholders, 366, 368369, 370, 371; Uruguay, petroleum discussions, 769, 773
  • United Nations Declaration of Jan. 1, 1942, Colombian adherence to, 3n, 34, 7, 8, 1112, 1214
  • Uruguay, 762792
    • Anglo-Uruguayan trade agreement (1935), cited, 773
    • Export-Import Bank, agreement with Uruguay granting credit of $20,000,000 for public works, 783792
      • Conclusion of agreement, Feb. 4, and résumé of terms, 783784
      • Criticism and press comments, 783784, 784786, 787788, 789, 790
      • Modification of certain clauses of agreement, discussions concerning, and approval of amendments by Uruguayan Cabinet, 786792
    • Financial transactions involving the Axis, efforts of United States and Uruguay to control, 774782
      • Proclaimed List, operation of, 774775, 779780, 781, 782
      • Washington Resolutions, discussions concerning implementation of, 775778, 780782
    • Petroleum, discussions with United States concerning, 762774
      • Marketing agreement between Ancap and private petroleum companies operating in Uruguay, question of renewal of, 768774; British interest, 769, 773
      • Uruguayan essential requirements, request for additional supplies, and U.S. position, 762767
    • Public works. See Export–Import Bank, etc., supra.
  • Vargas Nariño, Alberto, 56, 1011
  • Vatican interest in Banco de Francés e Italiano (Colombia), 5152, 5556
  • Venezuela, 793854
    • Agreements with United States:
      • Foodstuffs production in Venezuela, agreement regarding development of, by exchange of notes, May 14, 819
      • Health and sanitation program for Venezuela, agreement by exchange of notes, Feb. 18, 854
      • Lend-Lease agreement (1942): Military equipment desired by Venezuela under terms of, 795, 799800; question as to an instrument of ratification, 793, 796, 798799
      • Rubber purchase agreement of 1942, extension by exchanges of notes, Oct. 11, 1943, and Oct. 13, 1944, and amendment Sept. 27, 1944, 814
      • Staff agreement of Jan. 15, 1942, modification of, 793794
    • Coffee, problems concerning importation into United States, 814819
    • Defense problems, discussions with United States concerning, 793800
    • Financial transactions and railroad management involving the Axis, U.S. efforts to cooperate with Venezuelan Government in control of, 820854
      • Axis frozen assets in Venezuelan banks, contemplated forced conversion into Venezuelan bonds, 824827, 841842, 846847
      • Conversion of U.S. currency for members of U.S. armed forces, Venezuelan authorization for, 854
      • Elimination of enemy influence from insurance business, question of, 837838, 844846
      • Proclaimed List nationals, contemplated action against, 828829, 830831, 834835, 836837, 838840
      • Railroad between Caracas and Valencia, proposed nationalization by Venezuelan Government, 820824, 829830, 832833, 835836, 842844, 849853; executive decree for Government takeover of railroad, 853854
      • Remittance of certain funds to Swiss Government, discussions concerning, 831832, 834
    • Petroleum industry, enactment by Venezuela of a new law for control of, 807814
    • Strategic materials from Venezuela, arrangements to procure for United States, 801807
  • Walker, Maj. John O., 532534, 537538
  • Walmsley, Walter N., Jr., 189191, 192193, 263
  • War Production Board, 235, 236, 246, 250, 421, 423, 425, 430, 436, 457, 715
  • War Shipping Administration, 3743, 169, 170, 171, 212, 216, 217, 259262, 268273, 274275, 277278, 712n, 715, 716, 718719, 816, 818, 819
  • Washington Conference (192). See Inter-American Conference on Systems of Economic and Financial Control.
  • Welles, Sumner, interest in U.S. relations with Cuba, 135, 155156, 172, 224, 241n, 246247, 250251; Ecuador, 291, 294n; Mexico, 404, 405, 408, 413, 456457, 460, 510511, 540, 590n, 614615; Paraguay, 692, 694, 695; Peru, 745, 748, 749750; Venezuela, 832833
  • Wilson, Earl B., 174175, 180, 187, 193, 194, 196197
  • Wilson, Orme, 309, 311, 409410, 414n, 799800n
  • Wise, Murray M., 656, 664666, 666, 667669
  • Zaydín, Ramón, 141n, 142, 146, 153, 154, 159160, 160, 164, 166, 167, 168, 169, 181, 198, 199, 200, 200, 201, 202, 207, 275
  • Zevada, Manuel J., 585, 586, 588, 589, 590, 591
  1. In indexing persons the intention has been to include all references to persons of significance for an understanding of the record, with the following exceptions: (1) The name of the Secretary of State or the Acting Secretary of State appearing as the signer of outgoing instructions unless there is a clear indication of the Secretary’s or Acting Secretary’s personal interest; (2) the name of an American officer in charge of a mission appearing as the signer of reports to the Department of State, except for personal items; (3) the names of persons to whom documents are addressed.

    Persons are not identified by office in the index, but usually where a person is first mentioned in any section a footnote identification is given unless that person is identified in the text.