724.3415/2245: Telegram
The Minister in Uruguay (Wright) to the Secretary of State
[Received 1:48 p.m.]
51. Minister for Foreign Affairs has shown me telegraphic correspondence with Uruguayan Minister to Chile concerning proposal broached at Santiago for a conference of representatives of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Peru, and certain other countries with regard to Chaco dispute.
Minister for Foreign Affairs desires that you be informed that, although willing to go along with any Pan American sentiment that is unanimous, he prefers that policy of his Government conform to that of the United States; that in his opinion it would be inopportune and futile to hold two conferences at the same time upon this subject and that the logical body and place to deal with this matter is the Neutral Commission sitting in Washington whose prestige and susceptibilities should be carefully considered and to which the aforementioned powers could add their assistance if desirable; that even if diplomatic relations between Argentina and Uruguay were reestablished61 (which would make no difference in this instance) he would not desire that Montevideo be the seat of any such conference and that the position of Uruguay in this phase of the matter is the most delicate of all the Governments concerned as it is the only country in River Plate region represented on the Neutral Commission.
Repeated to Embassy at Santiago.