File No. 422.11G93/967
The Ecuadoran Minister ( Elizalde) to the Secretary of State
Sir: I have the honor to say to the Secretary of State that in consideration of the reasons stated in his kind memorandum of June 19, which were in due course communicated to my Government, I am authorized by it to inform the Secretary of State that it is disposed to set apart out of the customs receipts and deposit an amount commensurate to the service of interest of the English debt, provided that no restriction be placed on the importation of cacao from Ecuador into the United States.
My Government thus accedes to the suggestion made by the Secretary of State with the object of being put in position to use his good offices with the War Trade Board, as is inferred from a perusal of the said memorandum, and firmly hopes that the said good offices will have the effect of maintaining and strengthening, if possible, the good relations of our two countries.
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