724.3415/2100: Telegram
The Ambassador in Argentina (Bliss) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:11 p.m.]
78. I handed this afternoon to the Minister for Foreign Affairs the text of the Neutrals’ telegram of 17th53 as contained in the Department’s circular August 18, 2 p.m.51 At the same time I made the request contained in its last paragraph. The Minister told me of telephone conversation he had today with Argentine Ambassador to Washington directing him to acquaint the Neutral Commission with his views; also of a telephone conversation with the Argentine Ambassador to Chile in which he suggested that Chile should delay or prevent clearance of shipments of arms coming to Bolivia through [Page 187] Chilean port. Information has reached him also that Bolivia was contemplating submitting Chaco question to League of Nations.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs assured me that he would study Neutrals’ telegram of the 17th to find the best method of backing up their proposal at La Paz.