710.G 1A/255: Telegram
The Ambassador in Brazil (Gibson) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 21—12:55 p.m.]
97. Department’s telegram No. 83, October 18 [19], 7 p.m. Mexican Ambassador repeated to me statement made to Foreign Minister, but I am convinced inaccuracy was due to faulty expression or garbled coding of his instructions for he has presented to Foreign Office a memorandum stating facts fairly and clearly. This memorandum which I have been allowed to read describes the move toward setting up committee referred to in your telegram and your reluctance to have its efforts prejudiced by public discussions at Montevideo. In view of this “initiative” (which is evidently the root of the misunderstanding) Mexican Government withdraws that part of its proposals referring to debts, reserving the right to raise the matter later in the event there is no progress. Foreign Office informs me that only change in first redrafting of chapter 4 is omission of reference to debts.