File No. 724.3415/26.
The Acting Secretary of State to the Bolivian Minister.
Washington, November 30, 1914.
My dear Mr. Minister: Referring to our conference on the 18th instant, in which you orally requested the good offices of the United States in connection with the situation which seemed to threaten the peace existing between Bolivia and Paraguay, I would advise you that as a result of instructions to the American Minister at Asuncion he now reports the substance of an unofficial interview with the Paraguayan Government. The Minister states that the Paraguayan Government asked him to convey to this Government its most certain assurances that it has done and will do nothing warranting a rupture of its peace with Bolivia. The Paraguayan Government further stated that its armed forces had not occupied or otherwise violated the disputed territory, and the Government also claimed with much positiveness that it had absolutely observed the status quo agreement.
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