835.796/201: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Argentina (Armour)
837. Your 1178, October 22, 7 p.m. The Standard Oil Company of New Jersey has instructed its subsidiaries immediately to stop all sales to Axis airlines in view of intimations from this Government that if they should continue to sell to Axis airlines the company and its subsidiaries would be proposed for inclusion in the Proclaimed List. License in special cases would only be granted on the Ambassador’s urgent recommendation.
It is almost certain that if YPF continues to sell gasoline to firms on the Proclaimed List, YPF itself will be proposed for inclusion in that list, and you are authorized again to warn YPF of this prospect.