724.3415/688a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Paraguay (Kreeck)
37. This afternoon the Bolivian Commissioners stated orally, but officially, to the neutral Commissioners that they were authorized by the Government of Bolivia unconditionally to accept the bases of conciliation proposed by the neutral Commissioners in the week of August 26 and the points to be set forth in the statement of the Commission to accompany the bases of conciliation. The Bolivian Commissioners promised to confirm their unconditional acceptance by note.
Immediately after the above meeting with the Bolivian Commissioners and after they had departed, the chairman of the Commission in behalf of the neutral Commissioners invited the Paraguayan Commissioners into the meeting. After they had arrived the chairman informed them of the unconditional acceptance of Bolivia and urged them likewise to accept unconditionally the neutral proposal on conciliation. The chairman of the Commission added that the neutral Commissioners were prepared, if the Paraguayan delegation so chose to hold an oral acceptance of the Paraguayan delegation strictly confidential pending a receipt of confirmation from Asunción. The Paraguayan delegation then consulted privately, after which the Paraguayan Commissioners authorized the chairman to state to the other neutral Commissioners that the Paraguayan delegation for its part [Page 859] accepted the proposal unconditionally and would immediately communicate with the Government of Paraguay to secure confirmation and that pending the receipt of the same it was to be understood that the acceptance of the Paraguayan delegation was to be treated as confidential.
You may state to the Government of Paraguay that it is the earnest hope of the neutral Commissioners that the Government of Paraguay will lose no time in approving of the above-described action of the Paraguayan delegation, which will result in conciliation under the protocol and open the way for a sympathetic consideration of the Paraguayan note delivered today36 answering the neutral proposal of August 3137 touching the fundamental question.
Also, you are authorized to state that the Government of the United States earnestly hopes that the Government of Paraguay will accept the plan for conciliation unreservedly, thereby demonstrating its devotion to the highest interests of the American Republics and contributing to the honorable disappearance of this long-standing dispute.