819.415C/54a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Panama (South)
40. Refer to Department’s telegram dated May 29, 3 p.m. and previous correspondence.
[Page 256]Inasmuch as it is the understanding of the Department that you have been assured by the Panaman Foreign Minister that the Bolívar Congress is purely ceremonial and commemorative, and that the topics in the program accompanying your despatch No. 727 of May 22, 1925, represent merely possible themes for previously prepared monographs of academic and historical interest which express the personal views of the delegates and not those of their Governments, the Department does not deem it expedient or essential to give you any specific instructions as chairman of the American delegation. However, should any efforts be made, despite the assurances of the Government of Panama, to inject into the proceedings of the Congress general discussions of matters of a political or controversial nature, you will refrain from participating therein, and from voting on any nonroutine resolutions unless the Department has previously instructed you. If necessary, you will state that you will be glad to transmit to the Government of the United States for its consideration any matters of interest to the Congress.
The Department is sending you by next pouch a memorandum dealing with the genesis and history of the Congress of 1826.54
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