740.0011 Pacific War/690: Telegram

The Minister in Ecuador ( Long ) to the Secretary of State

502. I saw President Arroyo at 6 this evening, who informed me that he could make no official statement before consulting his Cabinet but that speaking entirely personally “I am absolutely with you”.

The President expressed concern for the safety of the Galapágos Islands.49

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Long
  1. For correspondence regarding interest of the United States in the Galapágos Islands, see Foreign Relations, 1940, vol. v, pp. 850 ff.