Insistence by the United States that certain Ecuadoran trade restrictions be in conformity with the trade agreement between the United States and Ecuador³⁶

^36. For previous correspondence, see Foreign Relations, 1939, vol. v, pp. 607 ff.; for text of agreement, signed at Quito, August 6, 1938, see Department of State Executive Agreement Series No. 133, or 53 Stat. (pt. 3) 1951. [Page 857] Excessive imports during recent months have occasioned demand for dollar exchange in excess of its capacity; due in part to Ecuador’s inability to sell its products.