822.01/145C: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Ecuador (Scotten)

478. You are requested to address a note to the Ecuadoran Foreign Minister for presentation at 5 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, extending recognition of the new Government. You should in this note include a statement reading as follows:

“Having full confidence in the friendly attitude of the present Ecuadoran Government toward the cause of the United Nations in the present war effort and in its announced purpose to fulfill its international obligations, my Government is pleased to extend to it as from this date full recognition.”

Stettinius