Office of the Historian

819.796/17: Telegram

The Chargé in Venezuela (Engert) to the Secretary of State

[Paraphrase]
Caracas, July 3, 1928—5 p.m.
[Received 10:16 p.m.]

71. My telegram No. 70, July 3, 4 p.m. I have been given to understand that the United States has been rather slow in entering this field,17 and that it cannot hope to keep out foreign interests indefinitely.

Engert
  1. See telegram No. 23, July 11, 7 p.m., to the Chargé in Venezuela, p. 787.↩