724.3415/1305b: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Chargé in Paraguay (Horn)
29. The representatives of the neutral Governments in Washington today agreed to recommend to their Governments the sending to Paraguay of the following note. Do not deliver the note or make any mention regarding it until further instructed by the Department. As soon as the neutral Governments agree regarding this text you will be advised of the date on which it should be presented to the Paraguayan Government. The note is as follows:
“The Governments of Uruguay, Mexico, Cuba, Colombia, and the United States of America have received a note from the Bolivian Government in answer to their note of June 25 stating that it would be disposed to study immediately a pact of non-aggression in the Chaco, of such a nature as to guarantee peace and tranquillity, with the purpose of entering into negotiations that would carry the territorial controversy to an equitable and final ending under the auspices of a procedure propitious to a pacific settlement.
The neutral Governments above cited have the honor to inquire whether the Paraguayan Government would be disposed to study immediately such a pact of non-aggression in the Chaco. The neutral Governments feel that this suggestion made by the Bolivian Government is an encouraging one, and they do not hesitate to give it their full support and to express the hope that Paraguay will be willing to study such a pact.
The neutral Governments therefore venture to inquire whether the Paraguayan Government will be disposed to authorize its diplomatic representative in Washington, or else to send a duly accredited representative for the purpose, to study and draw up a pact of non-aggression in the Chaco in order to maintain peace and tranquillity there until negotiations can be entered into which will carry the territorial controversy to an equitable and final ending.
The neutral Governments furthermore suggest that it would be most suitable and helpful if both Governments would declare their intention not to send more troops into the Chaco, to withdraw the troops already there, and to give strict and explicit orders that there shall be no friction or disturbance of any sort whatsoever pending the negotiation of the pact of non-aggression. The neutral Governments will be glad to receive such a declaration from the Paraguayan Government. A similar suggestion has been made today to the Bolivian Government.”