611.2231/201: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Ecuador (Gonzalez)
46. Referring to your telegram no. 57, October 8, 4 p.m. The Under Secretary discussed on October 8 the trade agreement situation with the Ecuadoran Ambassador in Washington who stated that he would communicate at once with the Foreign Minister and the President urging them to consider favorably this Government’s point of view in the matter.
The Department hopes that the Foreign Minister’s promise made to you to reconsider the question combined with Ambassador Alfaro’s recommendations will result in the situation taking a more favorable turn. You are, of course, correct in your belief that this Government could not consider any such limitation of the most-favored-nation principle as the Ecuadoran Government has proposed.