File No. 835.73/83
The Ambassador in Argentina ( Stimson ) to the Secretary of State
[Telegram]
Buenos Aires
,
October 28, 1918, 1 p.m.
My April 9, 5 p.m. On October 23 the President finally signed a decree which bears the date of August 1, authorizing the Central & South American Telegraph Co. to lay one or more cables between Argentina and Uruguay. The decree was signed in accordance with the recommendations of both Attorneys General of the nation, who declared the authorization to infringe upon no existing concessions, and notwithstanding the bitter opposition of the Western Telegraph Co.
Stimson