File No. 835.73/71

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

[Telegram]

Department’s September 28, 1916, and your despatch No. 324, February 9, 1917. The Central & South American Telegraph Co. made a formal application to the Argentine Government for a landing site for their cables from Brazil to the Argentine on March 8, 1917. No reply has been yet received by the company. You may request the Argentine Government to reply at its early convenience in order that a landing place for the cables on the coast of Argentina may be fixed.

Lansing