837.61351/4446
The Ambassador in Cuba (Braden) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 23.]
Sir: I have the honor to transmit a copy and translation30 of Cuban Government Decree No. 3239 published in the Official Gazette No. 638 on November 15. This decree authorizes the Cuban Sugar Stabilization Institute to sell to the Commodity Credit Corporation up to 28,000 short tons of additional raw sugar from the 1943 crop in accordance with the purchase agreement for the 1943 crop. Originally 225,000 short tons were set aside for domestic consumption, but article four of Decree No. 396 of February 5, 1943, provided that any unused surplus not required for domestic consumption might be sold and included under the purchase agreement.
The total quantity of the 1943 crop of sugar purchased by the Commodity Credit Corporation, therefore, consists of the original 2,700,000 [Page 180] short tons, an additional 300,000 tons previously purchased and the 28,000 tons authorized by the attached decree, or a total of 3,028,000 short tons.
Respectfully yours,
Agricultural Attaché
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