835.796/141½

The Secretary of State to the Argentine Ambassador (Espil)

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to His Excellency the Ambassador of the Argentine Republic and with reference to his note of June 27, 1941,67 regarding a matter between the Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales and the Phillips Petroleum Company, regrets to inform His Excellency that the appropriate authorities of this Government have found it impossible under existing conditions to grant the request of the Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales.

  1. Not printed; it stated that the Argentine request had been submitted to the appropriate Government authorities. For the Argentine request, see note D.E. No. 110, May 21, from the Argentine Ambassador, p. 335.