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Volume #12 - 1185. | |
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CHAPITRE XII RELATIONS AVEC DIVERS PAYS | |
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11E PARTIE AMÉRIQUE LATINE (VENTES D'ARMES) | |
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W.L.M.K./Vol. 411 |
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Le secrétaire d'État aux Affaires extérieures à l'ambassadeur aux États-Unis | |
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TELEGRAM EX-1093 SECRET. |
Ottawa,
le 18 avril 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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