Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1944, The American Republics, Volume VII

835.24/9–944

Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of State (Acheson)⁸¹

September 9, 1944

Revision of Export Policy Towards Argentina

a) Permit no exports to the Argentine armed forces and embargo materials or supplies destined for the Argentine armament industry.

b) Permit no export of railway locomotives or rolling stock or automotive vehicles.

c) Approve no Argentine development projects except those directly contributing to the war effort.

d) Permit no exports of Fourdrinier phosphorous bronze screens.

e) Permit no export of petroleum equipment, including operational equipment used in connection with the production of petroleum products as well as boring and oil field equipment. Limit exports of fuel oil to the minimum amounts necessary to assure the continued services of the chartered Dodero⁸² Argentine deep tank vessels in transporting vegetable oils to the United States and to such additional quantities of fuel oil as may be necessary to release limited quantities of linseed that may later be considered essential for the United States.

f) Permit no further increase in the number of value limits of products exportable to Argentina under general license.

g) Limit the quarterly issuance of licenses for the export of all products not otherwise limited herein to the requirements of those industries in Argentina whose products are essential to the United Nations war effort plus minimum amounts in other fields for the maintenance of public health and safety.^*

h) Endeavor to obtain through navicert control and other appropriate devices a similar reduction in exports by other countries to Argentina.

81. Transmitted by Mr. Acheson to Leo T. Crowley, Foreign Economic Administrator, under cover of a letter of September 9, 1944.
82. Compañía Argentina de Navigación Dodero.
83. Materials necessary for the maintenance of public health and safety shall comprise exclusively the following: minimum amounts of essential drugs for the treatment of disease and the avoidance of epidemics; essential equipment for hospitals, clinics, and other public health centers; essential repair, maintenance and operating supplies for the common public utilities. [Footnote in the original.]