811.24522/4–246: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Ecuador

secret

127. Galo Plaza yesterday presented Dept with note formally requesting withdrawal from Galápagos at earliest possible moment.

Dept asking War and Navy to set date. You will be kept advised of developments.38

Acheson
  1. The Department advised the Ambassador in telegram 135, April 4, 1946, 7 p.m., that July 1, 1946, was the date set for complete withdrawal (811.24522/4–446).