822.61334/19 suppl.: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Ecuador (Hartman)

42. Department’s No. 40, November 29, 7 p.m.

Mercantile Bank states that little or no progress toward solution of cacao problem is being made. Bank intimated that it may be forced to bring about liquidation of Cacao Association unless immediate action in Ecuador is obtained, adding that this step should only be last resort.

You are instructed to point out to Ecuadorean Government its interest in arriving at an early solution of cacao problem, and to use your influence toward effecting solution already outlined.

Davis