800.6363/1204: Telegram
The Ambassador in Argentina (Armour) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:05 p.m.]
1329. Embassy’s telegram No. 1308, June 11, 9 p.m. American press correspondents have informed the Embassy that today Minister of Foreign Affairs Storni announced in press conference that the petroleum negotiation with the United States was concluded subject to confirmation from Washington that the material would be available, on the basis that 36,000 tons of petroleum industry material would be made available by the United States and 360,000 cubic meters of petroleum would be exported by Argentina to Uruguay, Paraguay and Southern Brazil. He said that Argentina was prepared to begin exporting just as soon as the agreement was signed.