835.73/160: Telegram
The Ambassador in Argentina ( Riddle ) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:15 p.m.]
57. Your 41, August 21, 3 p.m. Foreign Office has just sent me copy of resolution signed to-day by Minister of the Interior, translation follows:
“Buenos Aires, August 23rd. Considering the requests of the Western Telegraph Company and the All America Cables, Incorporated, and the request contained in the memoranda of the Embassy of the United States and considering the report of the Directorate General of Posts and Telegraphs and the decision of the Attorney of the Treasury and without admitting the existence of the privileges claimed by the Western Company as regards communication with the countries of America or the right either to abandon in favor of any specific concerns any privileges which it might possess or the right to assign or transfer said privileges; the Minister of the Interior resolves
To make known to the interested parties that the contract of June 3rd, 1909, with the Western Company is not an obstacle to conceding to American companies the right to land a cable in the territory of the Republic or to sending telegrams by cables of United States companies.
Let it be communicated to the Directorate General of Posts and Telegraphs in order to put this resolution into execution in conformity with the aforementioned considerations. (Signed) Beiró”.