The Commission unanimously agrees to adopt the Report of the
Sub-Committee on Repatriation under the chairmanship of the
Commissioner for Uruguay, and to take such steps as are
necessary for effecting the repatriation of Bolivian and
Paraguayan nationals pursuant to the provisions of said Report
which is hereinafter reproduced verbatim:
The Sub-Committee entrusted with the question of
repatriating the nationals now being held, after several
exchanges of views, has been able to secure a perfect
and happy understanding between the Commissioners of the
parties, and is able to report the result of its
endeavors as follows:
The Delegations of Bolivia and Paraguay, with the consent
and under authority of their respective governments,
agree to have the repatriation of their respective
nationals now being held by the other Government as a
consequence of the events of December, last, effected in
the following manner.
1. The exchange covers all Paraguayan nationals now being
held by the Government of Bolivia and all the Bolivian
nationals now being held by the Government of
Paraguay.
2. The Government of Bolivia shall take all necessary
steps in order that the Paraguayan nationals, now being
held at Villa Montes, leave for Formosa, on the date to
be determined by the Commission.
3. Those nationals shall be escorted by a representative
of the Bolivian Government.
4. The route to be followed is subject to the
authorization granted by the Argentine Government, from
which it shall be requested, together with measures for
the guarding of the nationals detained throughout their
trip on Argentine territory and during their stay in
Formosa and until they are delivered to the Paraguayan
authorities by the Commission.
5. A Committee named by this Commission shall arrange
with the Governments of Bolivia and of the Argentine
Republic to receive in Formosa the nationals now held by
Bolivia, and in turn shall deliver them to the
representative of Paraguay to be conducted to their own
country.
Said reception shall take place in the presence of a
representative of the Paraguayan Government for the
purpose of identifying the nationals detained.
That deputized Committee shall be formed by the Military
Attaché to the United States Embassy in Argentina and by
a representative of the Argentine Government.
6. The Government of Paraguay shall take all the
necessary steps in order that the Bolivian nationals,
now being held at Villa Hayes, leave for Corumbá on the
date to be determined by the Commission.
7. These nationals shall be escorted by a representative
of the Paraguayan Government, under whose guard they
will remain until their arrival in Corumbá.
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8. The determination of the place in Corumbá where the
transfer will be effected is subject to the
authorization to be granted by the Brazilian Government,
which will also be requested to adopt measures for
guarding the Bolivian nationals during their stay at
Corumbá until the Committee turns them over to the
Bolivian authorities.
9. In Corumbá the representative of the Paraguayan
Government shall proceed to turn over the nationals
detained to a Committee deputized by the Commission,
under whose guard they shall remain until further
decision by the Commission, which shall in turn deliver
them to the Bolivian representative for transportation
to their own country.
Said delivery shall take place in the presence of a
representative of the Bolivian Government for the
purpose of identifying the nationals detained.
That deputized Committee shall be formed by the Military
Attaché to the United States Embassy in Brazil and by a
representative of the Brazilian Government.
10. Both the expenses incident to the transportation to
and stay in Formosa of the detained Paraguayan
nationals, until they are turned over to the Paraguayan
authorities, and those arising from the transportation
to and stay in Formosa of the deputized Committee, shall
be defrayed by the Government of Bolivia.
11. Both the expenses incident to the transportation to
and stay in Corumbá of the detained Bolivian nationals
until they are turned over to the Bolivian authorities,
and those arising from the transportation to and stay in
Corumbá of the deputized Committee, shall be defrayed by
the Government of Paraguay.
12. The delivery of all nationals detained to their
respective Governments shall be made on behalf of the
Commission through each of the deputized Committees to
one representative from each Government, after taking
the depositions which the deputized Committees may
require of the detained nationals under instructions
they will receive from the Commission.
In order to carry out the foregoing resolution and with the
consent of the Governments of the Argentine Republic, Brazil and
the United States of America, the Commission unanimously agrees
to appoint the following Committees:
To effect the repatriation of the Bolivian nationals detained by
Paraguay, a Committee formed by the Military Attaché to the
United States Embassy in Brazil and a representative of the
Brazilian Government.
To effect the repatriation of Paraguayan nationals detained by
Bolivia, a Committee formed by the Military Attaché to the
United States Embassy in Argentina and a representative of the
Argentine Government.
In order to carry out the foregoing, the Commission unanimously
agrees to authorize the Chairman to issue the instructions
which, with the consent of the Government of the United States
of America, will be given to its Military Attachés at the
Embassies in Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro.
