724.3415/945: Telegram

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

[Paraphrase]

7. Department’s No. 5, January 20, 1 p.m., and No. 6, January 20, 6 p.m.51 The Department has been receiving from Paraguayan sources reports which indicate the imminence of a general attack by Bolivian troops in the Chaco. Unless the result of the investigation which you are making in accordance with the Department’s No. 5, January 20, 1 p.m., indicates that it would be inadvisable or inappropriate to do so, the Department desires you to express to the Government of Bolivia the very deep concern with which the Government of the United States has received numerous reports indicating that further armed conflict may occur in the Chaco and the confident hope of the Government of the United States that the reports regarding an imminent Bolivian attack on Paraguay are unfounded.

Report immediately any information obtainable regarding what is occurring in the Chaco.

Cotton
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