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The Chargé in Guatemala ( Thurston ) to the Secretary of State

Department’s December 9, 6 p.m. President Cabrera yesterday afternoon stated that the Department of State is to use Professor Kemmerer’s report in the manner it desires.

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President Cabrera stated in connection with other points of Department’s instruction just referred to that he was finding it difficult to choose suitable delegates to the Financial Conference, but that when the committee was organized it would be furnished comprehensive program for its guidance at conference.

According to a reliable informant the President’s translator Delfino Sanchez Latour has recently completed translation of Kemmerer report, but not even the Minister of Finance has seen it.

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