724.3415/3024
Memorandum by the Chairman of the Commission of Neutrals (White)
The Argentine Ambassador called and said that he expected to be instructed shortly to take up with the Neutral Commission the question of whether we would support a move for an armistice in the Chaco matter. I told Mr. Espil that I could not speak for my Neutral Colleagues but that I, personally, was willing to do everything we properly could to bring about a cessation of fighting in the Chaco. I pointed out that the Neutral Commission had made such a suggestion early last summer and, while the proposal had been accepted by Bolivia, it had been rejected by Paraguay. I inquired whether he had any information to indicate that Paraguay would be apt to be more ready to fall in with such a plan now and he said that he did not.