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Volume #12 - 1185. | |
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CHAPTER XII RELATIONS WITH INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES | |
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11 LATIN AMERICA (SALE OF ARMS) | |
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1185. |
W.L.M.K./Vol. 411 |
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Secretary of State for External Affairs to Ambassador in United States | |
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TELEGRAM EX-1093 SECRET. |
Ottawa,
April 18th, 1946 |
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The Mexicans are prepared to buy from War Assets ten to twelve demilitarized frigates and have asked us if it would be possible for them subsequently to buy from us guns and other naval equipment. Up to the present we have refused similar requests from Latin American countries on the grounds that we do not propose to engage in this traffic until the United Nations has had an opportunity to explore the possibility of regulating the trade by international agreement. (Before we took this stand we had asked you to inquire as to the policy adopted by the State Department.) We are undecided whether we should hold this line or whether we would be justified in making an exception in the case of Mexico. Our decision might be influenced by the attitude that the State Department would adopt toward shipment of arms to Mexico. Would you, therefore, please obtain the State Department's views? Since we are not anxious to disclose the specific enquiry we have from Mexico, it would be best if you could sound out the State Department on the general question of shipment of arms to Latin American countries and in the course of discussion learn how they feel specifically about Mexico. | |
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