File No. 311.165B22/4
The Salvadoran Minister ( Zaldivar) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 18.]
Dear Mr. Secretary: The name of the Banco Salvadoreño having been included in the enemy trading list published by the War Trade Board, and the bank being a national institution with a large issue of bills in general circulation, the Salvadorean Government has [Page 1005] evinced marked interest in this action by the War Trade Board, and has instructed me to ask that the name be removed from the list.
The Salvadorean Government guarantees to the Government of the United States that in the future the operations and policy of the bank will be neutral in every particular, and that such measures as may be necessary in connection with that institution, will be taken by it to make this guaranty wholly effective.
Any suggestion that may be offered by the War Trade Board in this matter, will receive my Government’s most careful attention.
My Government greatly appreciate the interest already shown in its behalf, in this situation and anticipates a favorable outcome.
I avail [etc.]