Office of the Historian

611.2231/168: Telegram

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

Washington, June 24, 1937—2 p.m.

21. With reference to the Legation’s telegram No. 27, June 15, 11 a.m. The Department has decided that the negotiations may be held in Quito.

The Department hopes to send you a tentative Schedule I and general provisions in English and Spanish within the next 2 weeks.

Hull

[With instruction No. 244, July 10, to the Minister in Ecuador, the Department enclosed a list of concessions and assurances which the American Government was desirous of obtaining from Ecuador, Schedule I (611.2231/172a). With instruction No. 245, July 16, the Department enclosed copies of the standard general provisions which the American Government proposed for inclusion in the trade agreements which it negotiated (611.2231/173). Schedule I was modified by instruction No. 249, July 28 (611.2231/175)].