This friendship has been built up over a period of many years. and at no time within my experience or to my knowledge have our citizens been reluctant to demonstrate their feeling of close association and brotherhood by acts of generosity. And we are grateful for the relationship which exists among the interAmerican nations. But certainly El Salvador has indicated that our friendship is reciprocated only in part. The laws of El Salvador which prohibit the issuing of visas on United States passports to persons of Negro race are evidence that this state has no great friendship for the 17 million Negro citizens of the United States. But it would be hypocritical. Mr.