822.01/143: Telegram
The Ambassador in Ecuador (Scotten) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:30 p.m.]
573. I have just presented a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs extending recognition in accordance with the Department’s 378 [478], June 5, 8 p.m. I found several of my colleagues at the Foreign Office on the same errand. Although the Minister Foreign Affairs received me before the others, I informed him that the démarche of recognizing his Government at 5 p.m. had been agreed upon between our respective Governments and I suggested to him that in order not to offend the susceptibilities of my colleague[s] it be announced that we had presented our notes simultaneously.