834.156/9: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Paraguay ( Sussdorff )
Washington
,
December 10, 1917—6
p.m.
You are instructed to use your informal good offices with Paraguayan Government to obtain an extension of the contract of the Construction and Engineering Finance Company, which, owing to the war, has been unable to finance and obtain material for construction of port and dock system.
Lansing