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Memorandum of Conversation, by the Director of the Office of American Republic Affairs (Briggs)
| Participants: | Mr. Spruille Braden, Assistant Secretary of State |
| Mr. Ellis O. Briggs, Director of the Office of American Republic Affairs | |
| Mr. L. B. Pearson, Canadian Ambassador |
The Canadian Ambassador on February 1 delivered the attached note no. 3532 to Mr. Braden, who expressed his sincere appreciation of the cooperative attitude displayed by the Canadian Government in acceding to our wishes with respect to the proposed relaxation of Canadian controls on exports to Argentina.
The Ambassador said that he would appreciate an opportunity to discuss the matter further during the latter part of this month and Mr. Braden indicated that we would be happy to do so.
It is apparent from the foregoing that the Canadians have gone along with us in a very helpful way indeed and that we should accordingly deal with them with the same frankness with regard to future developments. In that connection Mr. Braden indicated that we very much hope that the situation would be clarified at an early date. He also assured the Ambassador that in accordance with his request we would give further study to the effect of the proposed Canadian relaxations.
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