834.156/71
The Minister in Paraguay (Mooney) to
the Secretary of State
Asuncion, January 8,
1920.
[Received March 2.]
No. 568
Sir: Referring to despatch No. 561 of this
Legation, dated December 27, 1919, I have the honor to enclose herewith
a copy of the
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answer of [to] my note to the Paraguayan Minister for
Foreign Affairs, with translation, the same bearing on the subject of
the renewal of the concession granted to the Construction and
Engineering Finance Company to construct and operate a port at
Asunción.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure—Translation]
The Paraguayan Minister of Foreign Affairs
(Lara
Castro) to the American
Minister (Mooney)
Asuncion, January 6,
1920.
No. 2
Mr. Minister: Relative to note No. 211,
dated December 26th last in which Your Excellency, complying with
instructions received from your Government calls the attention of my
Government to the circumstances attending the failure of the
concessionaire company to fulfill its obligations, maintaining the
opinion that it was prevented from realizing its intentions by
“force majeure” and adding also, according to instructions, that the
company is now supplied with the capital and other necessary
elements to enable it, in a very short time, to begin and complete
the port works, if the Paraguayan Government will permit it, and
consequently, by instructions of the Government of the Union, you
desire that the matter be submitted for consideration to His
Excellency the President of the Republic, I have the honor to inform
Your Excellency that I have brought the aforementioned important
communication to the attention of the Chief Magistrate and that I
shall be pleased to transmit to you the action that may be taken in
regard to the matter.
I wish to add [etc.]
