811.20 (D) Regulations/3275: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Mexico ( Daniels )

352. For Boal from Feis. Please confirm by telegraph the Department’s understanding that Douglas’ letter to Wiechers45 is dated July 15, 1941 and that the decree establishing export control was actually signed on July 10 and published on July 1546 in the form transmitted to the Department in your 301 of July 11, 3 p.m. [Feis.]

Welles
  1. Luciano Wiechers, economic adviser of the Bank of Mexico, and Mexican representative in the export control discussions.
  2. On July 18 the Department received confirmation of its understanding. The decree and letter, which constitute agreement, were published in the newspaper El Nacional on July 15, 1941.