837.24/1239c: Airgram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Cuba (Braden)
A–1159. Reference Department’s airgram A–1160, April 16, 1943.66
The Department would appreciate an expression of opinion by the Embassy whether it feels the Decentralization Plan should apply to all commodities or whether the application of the Plan should be restricted to allocated materials and a limited number of other commodities.
It is believed that the position of Cuba with respect to the Plan is somewhat similar to that of Mexico where the Plan will apply only to an announced list of commodities. In other words, the shipping situation with respect to the importation of goods into Cuba presents no great problem. Therefore, as in the case of Mexico, it may not be necessary to make use of that phase of the Plan which provides for the certifying of all materials in order to limit imports to a target tonnage.
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