724.3415/2996b: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Paraguay (Wheeler)
11. Argentine and Chilean Governments have requested that this Government cooperate in endeavoring to have Paraguay accept the Mendoza formula. Please cooperate with your Argentine and Chilean colleagues in endeavoring to have the Paraguayan Government withdraw its second reservation to the Mendoza formula and agree that the Bolivian troops should retire to Ballivian and Robore. In other words, that Paraguay withdraw her requirement that Bolivian troops retire to Villa Montes. Also endeavor to have Paraguayan Government reserve its other three reservations for discussion when negotiations open for the arbitral compromis. It should of course be clearly understood that in asking the Paraguayan Government to withdraw its second reservation there is no acceptance even in principle of the other three Paraguayan reservations. These will be discussed in the negotiations for the compromis. Cable reply.
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.