File No. 4832/75.

Special Commissioner Buchanan to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

Mr. Buchanan reports that the Brazilian minister has communicated to him a note from the Venezuelan minister for foreign affairs, which states that the contents of Mr. Buchanan’s note has been reported to Gen. Gomez, and that Gen. Gomez manifested a desire to reach an equitable and just arrangement of matters pending with the United States, and in this sense celebrates the arrival of the high commissioner, who can immediately enter upon the mission with which he comes invested near the Government of Venezuela. Mr. Buchanan adds that he is leaving for Caracas in the afternoon.