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File No. 763.72119/486

The Ambassador in Argentina ( Stimson ) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]
Buenos Aires , March 8, 1917, 11 a.m.
[Received 1.15 p.m.]

My February 27, 11 a.m. Trustworthy information is that the projected Latin-American conference under the initiative of Argentina would be restricted to the expression of a desire for peace. Chile and Uruguay certainly, and Brazil probably, will decline to participate if the United States is excluded. Argentina’s move will probably be fruitless.

Stimson