File No. 763.72111/6825
The Minister in Ecuador ( Hartman) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Quito,
December 17, 1917, 11 a.m.
[Received 4.05 p.m.]
[Received 4.05 p.m.]
Note from the Minister for Foreign Affairs says that Ecuadoran Government will receive in Ecuadoran waters friendly war vessels [Page 391] without subjecting them to restrictions in force against belligerent war vessels, and that wireless station at Salinas will receive and send telegrams from and to said vessels.
Hartman