Office of the Historian

811.20 (D) Regulations/9907: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in Ecuador (Nester)

Washington, March 9, 1943—6 p.m.

175. Your no. 188, March 2, 2 [3] p.m.89 In drawing up decentralization procedure, care was taken to avoid regulations which would create impression that our missions are invading the sovereignty of the other American republics, and for this reason, the Embassy’s action was not to be indicated on copies of import recommendations that got [Page 205] into hands of third parties. If Embassy feels no repercussions likely to develop in Ecuador and in view of public announcement referred to,90 the Department and the Board of Economic Warfare have no objection to placing action stamp on fourth copy.

Reference your 197, March 4, 7 p.m.91

The Board of Economic Warfare expects to have ready on March 11 full information necessary to start operation of Plan A.

Welles
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. The Ecuadoran Government had approved and made known to the public a procedure whereby all Import Recommendations were to be the joint responsibility of the Ecuadoran Office of Priorities and the American Embassy.↩
  3. Not printed.↩