740.25112 RP/2–1946: Airgram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Chile ( Bowers )
A–119. Reference is made to your despatch no. 13,528 of February 19, 1946 and telegram no. 284 of March 970 concerning a memorandum of February 14 from the Chilean Government.
The Committee has always required detailed reports on the elimination of spearhead firms in considering substantial changes in the Proclaimed List and the Chilean Government’s memorandum of February 14 presents little information not already known to the Department and previously presented to the Committee. Therefore, before further consideration can be given to the Chilean Government’s request for complete withdrawal of the list, a detailed description of the status of each spearhead with respect to its elimination will be necessary. The following questions should be answered in all appropriate cases:
- 1.
- Was the business liquidated, transferred, reorganized, or otherwise disposed of and what are the details? If not completed what remains to be done?
- 2.
- Have the funds resulting from sale been blocked?
- 3.
- Has all undesirable personnel been removed?
- 4.
- If trademarks are involved what disposition has been made of them?
When complete information is submitted by the Chilean Government, the matter will again be presented to the Interdepartmental Proclaimed List Committee for its consideration.
The Department is compiling information available in Washington concerning the status of each spearhead not known to be completely eliminated and this will be forwarded to you to be amended as the changed status in many cases will require. If the Chilean government has not yet submitted full information when this is received it can be used to indicate to the Chileans wherein our information is insufficient.
- Latter not printed.↩