Office of the Historian

724.3415/512a: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in Bolivia (Martin)23

[Paraphrase]
Washington, May 6, 1929—7 p.m.

22. This afternoon the Bolivian delegate handed General McCoy a telegram from the Foreign Minister which reads in translation as follows:24

“Protest energetically to Investigation Commission the following happening: Our military detachment situated in the zone of the Vanguardia fortress which was destroyed by Paraguayan forces was attacked on the 4th instant by Paraguayan patrol, our sentinel being wounded. Our detachment despite having been able to capture the enemy strictly maintained a defensive position without advancing a single step. The Committee may rest assured that Bolivian forces will not change their defensive attitude and have been honoring the national good faith pledged in the existing protocol, despite new Paraguayan aggressions.”

Are you able discreetly to secure any additional information which would throw any light on this incident?

Clark
  1. The same, mutatis mutandis, on the same date to the Minister in Paraguay as telegram No. 11.↩
  2. Quotation not paraphrased.↩