724.3415/1958: Telegram

The Commission of Neutrals to the Paraguayan Minister for Foreign Affairs (Arbo)

[Translation]

The representatives of the neutral nations have the honor to communicate to Your Excellency that in their constant desire to save Paraguay and Bolivia from the misfortune of a war, they are addressing the Government of Your Excellency and also the Government of Bolivia, requesting that the immediate suspension of hostilities be ordered on the basis of the positions of Bolivia and Paraguay on the 1st of June, 1932, and that the Chaco dispute be submitted, immediately thereafter, to a settlement by arbitration or other friendly means which may be acceptable to both.

They request that Your Excellency give them an immediate reply on these same points.

Henry L. Stimson

Secretary of State of the United States
Fabio Lozano T.

Minister of Colombia
José Richling

Chargé d’Affaires of Uruguay
José T. Barón

Chargé d’Affaires of Cuba
P. Herrera de Huerta

Chargé d’Affaires of Mexico