724.3415/1406a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Bolivia (Feely)86
56. Please present immediately to the Minister of Foreign Affairs the following note:
“On September 21, the representatives in Washington of the neutral Governments suggested to the Governments of Bolivia and Paraguay that the first meeting of the duly accredited representatives of those Governments to study and draw up a pact of non-aggression in the Chaco take place in Washington on Thursday, October 1. The Bolivian Government reiterated its intention to designate a duly authorized commission to study such a pact but stated that because of the proximity of the date fixed it would not be possible for it to attend and asked that the meeting be postponed until the Bolivian representatives might be present in Washington. The Paraguayan Government similarly requested that the meeting be postponed until the month of November in order that there might be time for its instructions to reach the Paraguayan representative in Washington.
The representatives in Washington of the neutral Governments are pleased to accede to the desires of both Governments and having ascertained that there will be ample time for the representatives of both Governments to arrive in Washington before November 11, now fix that date for the first meeting. The Government of Bolivia is accordingly requested to instruct its representatives to meet with the representatives in Washington of the neutral Governments on Wednesday, November 11, at 11 o’clock.”
- The same, mutatis mutandis, on the same date to the Minister in Paraguay as telegram No. 39.↩