File No. 763.72111/5654
The Ambassador in Argentina ( Stimson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7.40 p.m.]
Your October 9, 3 p.m. The following will be the reply of the Argentine Government if formal inquiry is made.
No restrictions will be placed on armed North American merchant vessels in entering Argentine ports provided said vessels are armed solely for purpose of defense of themselves. Excepting in the case of the port of Buenos Aires said ships cannot bring their powder into the Argentine Republic but must first place it on board an Argentine station ship near Buenos Aires while the merchant vessel is in the docks.