724.3415/2067: Telegram
The Ambassador in Argentina (Bliss) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 16—1:05 a.m.]
73. Your 52, August 13, 3 p.m. I am not able to confirm Argentine activities in Paraguay though various indications warrant presumption it has endeavored to obtain Paraguayan acceptance of status quo, the Bolivian thesis which Argentina appears to have espoused with idea that Paraguay’s situation would compel acceptance, and of overcoming Bolivian suspicion of Argentine mediation. Despite Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs’ protestations of cooperation with Neutral Commission it seems probable that four neighboring countries are seeking to act independently of Neutral Commission whose efforts they appear to deprecate as ineffective.
As a result of Paraguayan rejection Argentine solution I gather those four countries now consider Chile logical agent to treat with Bolivia in endeavor to establish compromise line or give her zone acceptable to both countries for cessation hostilities leaving arbitration all in later discussion.