CR–17. Letter from President Eisenhower to President Echandi1
I have received your letter of September twenty-eighth expressing your desire for prompt action on the question of the readjustment of the profits for taxation of the United Fruit Company subsidiary in Costs Rica.2 This problem has been the object of painstaking consultation and study by the officials of this Government. Your letter has served to intensify even more our efforts to find a method of solution of the problem which would satisfy the mutual interests of our two countries, and you will be receiving further word through regular diplomatic channels in the near future.
I take this opportunity to express my cordial best wishes for your personal health and happiness, together with my wish for the continued peace and prosperity of the Costa Rican people.
Sincerely,
- Source: Department of State, Presidential Correspondence, Lot 64 D 174. Willauer delivered the letter on November 9, 1959. He persuaded Echandi to avoid any publicity regarding this correspondence; and explained that part of the reason for the further delay of a final decision was the realization within the U.S. Government of possible ramifications of a tax windfall for the United Fruit Co. (Telegram 154 from San José, November 9, 1959; 811.0518/11-959)↩
- Copy in Presidential Correspondence. Lot 64 D 174.↩