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The Ambassador in Paraguay (Frost) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 7.]
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a memorandum1 prepared by Mr, Frank G. Siscoe, the Legal Attaché of this Embassy, respecting Axis organizations in Paraguay, from which it appears that the Paraguayan Ministry of the Interior proposes to place an interventor in each German and Italian association or similar entity in Asunción.
The salary of 10,000 Paraguayan pesos per month which each association will be forced to pay to the interventor, while it may seem small, is quite likely to result in the dissolution of a number of the organizations listed, as they are now financially in poor shape. In any event the new measure is calculated to be most helpful.
The Legal Attaché and Third Secretary George D. Henderson who have been in constant contact with Señor Mario Ferrario,2 are to be congratulated on this development. (The arrival of Lend-Lease material here, the development of the Department’s various projects for economic, sanitary and agricultural aid, and the military and naval successes of the forces of the United Nations in the several theaters of war are, moreover, combining to change the atmosphere for the better in Paraguay.)
Respectfully yours,