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Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1945, The American Republics, Volume IX

Mexico:


Contents

    • Military cooperation between the United States and Mexico (Documents 907–918)
      • Arrangements by the United States and Mexico regarding the temporary migration of agricultural and other workers into the United States (Documents 919–935)
        • Efforts by the United States government to rehabilitate the Mexican national railway lines and to hasten the return of freight cars to the United States
        • Discussions between the United States and Mexico concerning operating problems of the petroleum industry (Documents 936–938)
          • Export-Import Bank loans to Mexico for the improvement of railway, road, and electrification systems (Documents 939–942)
            • Discussions between the United States and Mexico regarding Mexican import restrictions and trade agreement revision (Documents 943–945)
              • Objection by the United States to Mexican government control of a New York State commercial bank
              • Efforts to induce action on cases of expropriation of American-owned lands in Mexico reported subsequent to the Claims Convention of November 19, 1941 (Documents 946–949)

              Contents

              • Preface
              • Regional:
                • The Inter-American Conference on problems of war and peace, held at Mexico City, February 21–March 8, 1945 (The Chapultepec Conference)
                  • I. Agenda (Documents 1–51)
                  • II. Preparations for the conference (Documents 52–76)
                  • III. Proceedings of the conference (Documents 77–97)
                • Proposed Inter-American Conference for the maintenance of peace and security in the continent (Documents 98–112)
                • Beginnings of the Inter-American Social and Economic Council and postponement of the Inter-American Technical Conference (Documents 113–125)
                • The Uruguayan proposal for intervention in the affairs of states through multilateral action in cases of flagrant violation of human rights or non-fulfillment of freely contracted obligations (Documents 126–157)
                • Participation of the United States in the Third Inter-American Radio Conference held in Rio de Janeiro, September 1945
                • Informal good offices of the United States in the establishment of diplomatic representation between the Soviet Union and certain of the American Republics (Documents 158–167)
                • General policy concerning the settlement of lend-kease obligations by the American Republics and the sale to them by the United States of arms and munitions of war (Documents 168–192)
                • Question of the advisability of sending military missions to the American Republics
                • Efforts by the Department of State to prevent the return to the other American Republics of dangerous enemy aliens interned in the United States (Documents 193–217)
                • Concern of the United States regarding the elimination of Axis interests in certain Caribbean countries (Documents 218–230)
                • Interest of the United States in the problems of the Inter-American Coffee Board (Documents 231–241)
                • Boundary dispute: Ecuador and Peru
              • Argentina:
                • Problems arising in connection with the recognition of the Farrell government followed by the deterioration of relations with that government (Documents 242–306)
                • Efforts by the United States to obtain the cooperation of the Argentine government in combatting Axis activities (Documents 307–363)
                • Attitude of the United States toward Argentine censorship of the press and treatment of press representatives (Documents 364–387)
                • Policy of the United States concerning trade and shipping with Argentina (Documents 388–425)
              • Bolivia:
                • Military cooperation and lend lease relations between the United States and Bolivia (Documents 426–439)
                • Efforts of the United States to counteract Axis activity in Bolivia
                • Extension of contracts for purchase of strategic goods between the United States and Bolivia (Documents 440–454)
                • Assistance by the Export-Import Bank to the Bolivian Development Corporation (Document 455)
                • Application of Bolivian labor laws to United States government agencies; protection of American personnel in the mining industry (Documents 456–463)
              • Brazil:
                • Discussions regarding military and naval cooperation between the United States and Brazil (Documents 464–469)
                • Entry of Brazil into the war With Japan and questions concerning the disposal of American military bases in Brazil (Documents 470–490)
                • Problems concerning lend-lease supplies and surplus property (Documents 491–504)
                • Concern of the United States in the elimination of Axis interests in Brazil (Documents 505–520)
                • Problems concerning the supplying of petroleum to Brazil and the establishment of oil production and refining facilities in that country (Documents 521–530)
                • Problems concerning procurement by the United States of Brazilian coffee (Documents 531–545)
                • Discussions concerning the extension of the rubber agreements (Documents 546–562)
                • Attitude of the United States regarding Brazilian trade controls and tax measures, with special reference to the application of the Trade Agreement of 1935 (Documents 563–578)
                • Liability of United States government agencies operating in Brazil to pay Brazilian consumption taxes (Documents 579–583)
              • Chile:
                • Efforts to secure cooperation between the United States and Chile on certain measures for hemisphere defense (Documents 584–607)
                • Entry of Chile into a state of belligerency with the Axis Powers and adherence of Chile to the United Nations Declaration (Documents 608–622)
                • Agreement Between the United States and Chile defining the military service due by nationals of each country residing in the other
                • Efforts by the United States to secure the cooperation of Chile in eliminating Axis business interests in Chile (Documents 623–636)
                • Negotiations to procure for the United States strategic materials from Chile (Documents 637–658)
                • Interest of the United States in the status of Chile’s external debt and policy toward advancing credits for Chilean development (Documents 659–668)
                • Discussions between the United States and Chile regarding trade controls and trade agreement (Documents 669–683)
                • United States Interest in Petroleum Supplies for Chile
              • Colombia:
                • Discussions between the United States and Colombia concerning defense questions (Documents 684–701)
                • Efforts of the United States and Colombia to control financial transactions involving the Axis (Documents 702–713)
                • Purchase of Colombian coffee Under regulations of the United States government (Documents 714–728)
                • Agreement between the United States and Colombia relating to a waiver in respect of tariff preferences accorded Ecuador by Colombia under a treaty of commerce between Colombia and Ecuador, July 6, 1942, as amended October 14, 1943, signed April 17, 1945
              • Costa Rica:
                • Discussions regarding military and naval cooperation between the United States and Costa Rica; agreement for a military mission (Documents 729–730)
                • Efforts to improve the financial condition of Costa Rica without further loans From the United States (Documents 731–740)
              • Cuba:
                • Proposals by the United States for joint control and operation of strategic air bases in Cuba (Documents 741–752)
                • Discussions and agreements relating to the 1945 and 1946 Cuban sugar crops and related efforts to stabilize food prices in Cuba (Documents 753–786)
                • Representations by the United States regarding Cuban delays in settlement of claims of American nationals and lend-lease obligations (Documents 787–791)
                • Policy with respect to intervention in labor disputes affecting American interests in Cuba (Documents 792–796)
              • Dominican Republic:
                • Policy of the United States to avoid action which would constitute an endorsement of the Trujillo administration (Documents 797–810)
                • Agreement by the Dominican government to grant to privately owned aircraft of United States registry general peacetime rights of innocent passage and landing without previous authorization
              • Ecuador:
                • Entry of Ecuador into a state of belligerency with the Axis Powers and adherence of Ecuador to the United Nations Declaration (Documents 811–821)
                • Negotiations concerning United States bases on Ecuadoran territory and other defense problems (Documents 822–852)
                • Agreement between the United States and Ecuador defining the military service due by nationals of each country residing in the other
                • Efforts to secure the cooperation of the Ecuadoran government in the elimination of Axis business interests (Documents 853–862)
                • Participation of the United States in the economic development of Ecuador (Documents 863–872)
              • El Salvador:
                • Discussions regarding military and naval cooperation between the United States and El Salvador (Documents 873–874)
                • Recognition by the United States and other American Republics of the government of Osmín Aguirre y Salinas (Documents 875–883)
                • Informal assistance by the Department of State to representatives of the holders of Salvadoran bonds under the Loan Contract of June 24, 1922 (Documents 884–889)
              • Guatemala:
                • Discussions and agreements regarding military and naval cooperation between the United States and Guatemala (Documents 890–891)
                • Protection of American interests in the expropriation of an airline in Guatemala (Documents 892–896)
                • Agreement between the United States and Guatemala amending the agreement of July 15, 1944, respecting an agricultural experiment station, signed March 10, 1945
              • Haiti:
                • Discussions regarding military and naval cooperation between the United States and Haiti
                • Efforts to ease the burden of Haiti’s foreign debt while protecting the interests of American bondholders (Documents 897–906)
                • Agreement between the United States and Haiti respecting cooperative rubber plantation investigations
              • Honduras:
                • Discussions regarding military cooperation between the United States and Honduras; agreement for a military mission
                • Termination of the agreement of July 31, 1942, as amended April 25, 1945, between the Rubber Reserve Company and Honduras granting the company exclusive purchasing right to all of Honduras’ exportable rubber
              • Mexico:
                • Military cooperation between the United States and Mexico (Documents 907–918)
                • Arrangements by the United States and Mexico regarding the temporary migration of agricultural and other workers into the United States (Documents 919–935)
                • Efforts by the United States government to rehabilitate the Mexican national railway lines and to hasten the return of freight cars to the United States
                • Discussions between the United States and Mexico concerning operating problems of the petroleum industry (Documents 936–938)
                • Export-Import Bank loans to Mexico for the improvement of railway, road, and electrification systems (Documents 939–942)
                • Discussions between the United States and Mexico regarding Mexican import restrictions and trade agreement revision (Documents 943–945)
                • Objection by the United States to Mexican government control of a New York State commercial bank
                • Efforts to induce action on cases of expropriation of American-owned lands in Mexico reported subsequent to the Claims Convention of November 19, 1941 (Documents 946–949)
              • Nicaragua:
                • Discussions regarding assistance by the United States to Nicaragua in military supplies and training; extension of military mission agreement (Documents 950–967)
                • Efforts to discourage President Somoza’s bid for re-election in 1947, while maintaining a policy of non-interference in Nicaragua’s internal affairs (Documents 968–986)
              • Panama:
                • Discussions between Panama and the United States on defense problems (Documents 987–996)
                • Agreement between the United States and Panama continuing in effect the agreement of July 7, 1942, respecting the detail of a military officer to serve as adviser to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Panama
                • Problem presented by political opponents of the government of Panama taking up residence within the canal zone (Documents 997–1009)
                • Participation by the United States in the development of Panamanian public works and facilities (Documents 1010–1012)
                • Discussions concerning a proposed airport under Panamanian control and a commercial aviation agreement between the United States and Panama (Documents 1013–1019)
                • Discussions regarding protection of American business interests in Panama from restrictive legislation and of proposed treaties of commerce and trade (Documents 1020–1034)
                • Removal of provisions restricting foreign ownership of church properties from drafts of the new Panamanian constitution
              • Paraguay:
                • Declaration by Paraguay of a state of war with the Axis Powers and adherence of Paraguay to the United Nations Declaration (Documents 1035–1040)
                • Application and maintenance of certain defense measures sponsored by the United States in Paraguay (Documents 1041–1052)
                • Concern of the United States in the elimination of Axis interests in Paraguay
                • Concern of the United States with Paraguayan financial obligations and with providing loans for internal development (Documents 1053–1067)
              • Peru:
                • Entry of Peru into a state of belligerency with the Axis Powers and adherence of Peru to the United Nations Declaration (Documents 1068–1075)
                • Discussions between the United States and Peru concerning defense questions (Documents 1076–1083)
                • Agreement between the United States and Peru defining the military service due by nationals of each country residing in the other
                • Efforts to secure cooperation of the Peruvian government in the elimination of Axis business interests in Peru (Documents 1084–1091)
                • Discussions of the Peruvian foreign debt and payments on lend lease
                • Continuation by the United States of the program to procure strategic materials from Peru (Documents 1092–1103)
                • Discussions between the United States and Peru regarding trade controls (Documents 1104–1115)
              • Uruguay:
                • Declaration by Uruguay of a state of war with Germany and Japan and its adherence to the United Nations Declaration (Documents 1116–1129)
                • Assistance by the United States on measures for the defense of Uruguay (Documents 1130–1141)
                • Efforts to secure the cooperation of the Uruguayan government in the control of Axis interests and activities in Uruguay (Documents 1142–1156)
                • Discussions between the United States and Uruguay on petroleum and linseed oil problems
              • Venezuela:
                • Consultation concerning and recognition of the Venezuelan revolutionary junta (Documents 1157–1184)
                • Entry of Venezuela into a state of belligerency with the Axis Powers and adherence to the United Nations Declaration (Documents 1185–1197)
                • Discussions between the United States and Venezuela concerning defense problems (Documents 1198–1203)
                • Agreement between the United States and Venezuela defining the military service due by nationals of each country residing in the other
                • Efforts by the United States to secure the cooperation of Venezuela in the elimination of Axis business interests (Documents 1204–1216)
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