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Memorandum of Telephone Conversation, by Mr. H. Gerald Smith of the Division of Commercial Policy and Agreements

I telephoned Señor Sierra to inquire regarding the Mexican negotiators of the trade agreement who I understood had now all arrived in Washington. Señor Sierra confirmed this and gave me their names, as follows:

  • Ing. Carlos Arroyo, Treasury Department
  • Señor Aurelio Bueno, Treasury Department
  • Señor José Saenz, Chief, Statistical Office
  • Señor Octavio Barreda, Department of National Economy
  • Ing. José Hernández Limón, Department of Agriculture
  • Ing. Ricardo Villareal, Department of Agriculture.

Señor Sierra said that Dr. Ramón Beteta would act as head of the delegation. Señor Sierra said that the negotiators had been working very actively since their arrival, that a formal reply had been [Page 497] received from Mexico regarding the general provisions and the negotiators were now preparing this for transmittal to us, and he would get in touch with me as soon as the negotiators were ready to begin conversations.