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The Secretary of State to the Minister in Bolivia (Feely)
8. Argentine and Chilean Governments have requested this Government to cooperate with them in endeavoring to persuade Bolivia to withdraw its fifth reservation to the Mendoza formula delimiting the arbitrable territory and also to persuade Bolivia to accept retirement to Ballivian and Robore. You may join with your Argentine and Chilean colleagues in this endeavor. You should also endeavor to have Bolivia withhold pressing the other reservations and should make it clear that in limiting your request to acceptance of retirement to Ballivian and Robore and withdrawal of the condition regarding the limits of the arbitrable territory there is no acceptance even in principle of the other Bolivian reservations which should be reserved for discussion at the time negotiations for the arbitral compromis are undertaken. Cable results.
[Page 300]If these negotiations are successful then the neighboring countries and the Neutrals will join in officially urging the Mendoza formula on both Bolivia and Paraguay.