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The Paraguayan Delegate (Soler) to the Commission of Neutrals
Memorandum
In obedience to the request of the Commission of Neutrals which desires to know whether Paraguay is disposed to submit to arbitration without reservations, that region of the Chaco included within the boundaries which I have indicated, i.e., the Jaurú, the Parapití, Pilcomayo and Paraguayan Rivers, being sufficiently authorized by my Government, I reply:
The question which Paraguay is prepared to submit to arbitration without reservations is the question of boundaries between the two countries, Paraguay and Bolivia, and not a specified zone, as Paraguay does not admit any territorial dispute nor any question of recovery over the Chaco. More properly, the arbitration must be one of boundaries and not of territory.