724.3415/2600: Telegram
The Minister in Bolivia (Feely) to the Secretary of State
La Paz, December 6, 1932—11 p.m.
[Received December 7—10:30 a.m.]
[Received December 7—10:30 a.m.]
132. In reply to Department’s telegrams 52 and 53,83 although the Minister of Foreign Affairs has not received the proposal from Finot the following are my impressions of the probable Bolivian reaction thereto based on today’s conversation with him:
- Point (1), no comment.
- (2), Bolivia will not accept withdrawal to Villa Montes line and the acceptance of a middle line is only a remote possibility.
- (3), he was non-committal as to the proposed police zones but [Page 120] seemed favorably impressed with the neutral zone. I am of the opinion Bolivia will not accept the proposed delimitation of the Chaco area by the geographers, the fear being that the whole Chaco would be included.
- (5), no comment.
- (6), he expressed an apprehension that Bolivia however would be prejudiced in any event.
- (7), no comment.
He asked me to express his regrets at the premature publication and said that it would not happen again.
Feely