724.3415/3553: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Chile (Sevier)32
23. The Department has been advised by the League Chaco Commission of the formula which it delivered on February 22 to the Governments of Bolivia and Paraguay. It is our earnest hope that the suggestion so proposed which seems in our judgment to offer an equitable basis for the pacific solution of the existing controversy may be accepted by both nations. Please ascertain discreetly and confidentially of the appropriate authorities what action if any the (Chilean, Peruvian, Uruguayan) Government contemplates taking in support of the League proposal. It is of course our earnest desire to be helpful in furthering the cause of peace on the continent, and we will be very glad to receive any confidential suggestion from the Government to which you are accredited, should it desire to offer such suggestion, as to how we may be of effective moral assistance in the attainment of the objective in which the entire continent is deeply concerned.
- The same telegram, February 25, 5 p.m., to the Ambassador in Peru (as No. 16) and the Minister in Uruguay (as No. 15).↩