710.1012 Washington/95

The Chargé in Venezuela (Engert) to the Secretary of State

No. 1640

Sir: Referring to the Legation’s telegram No. 61 of June 21, 1 p.m.,14 I have the honor to report that the Legation has today received a Note from the Foreign Office, No. 1249 [1250], dated July 9, with which there was enclosed an unsealed envelope addressed to The Honorable Frank B. Kellogg, Secretary of State, Washington, D. C.14a

The Legation is informed that it contains the official reply from the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Doctor P. Itriago Chacín, to the Secretary’s invitation that Venezuela be represented at the Conference of Conciliation and Arbitration which is to meet in Washington beginning December 10, 1928.

At a recent interview I had with the Minister of Foreign Affairs in connection with other matters he remarked quite spontaneously: “I wish you would tell Mr. Kellogg how very gladly the Venezuelan Government accepted his invitation to participate in the proposed Conference in Washington. We are firm believers in arbitration and conciliation and shall never forget the conspicuous example the United States have set in that respect and how helpful you have been to us in the past when our international relations were troubled. President Gomez and the Venezuelan people also approve heartily of Mr. Kellogg’s epoch-making plan to outlaw War and we sincerely hope he will succeed.”

The envelope for the Secretary of State is transmitted herewith.

I have [etc.]

C. Van H. Engert
  1. Not printed.
  2. The note, likewise addressed to the Secretary of State, has not been printed.