710.G/317
Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of State (Caffery)
The Argentine Ambassador, Señor Dr. Felipe A. Espil came to see me about seven-thirty last evening to inquire as to whether our Government had taken any decision with regard to its attitude in connection with the desire of the Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs to bring about the postponement of the Montevideo Conference. I permitted the Ambassador to read the following statement of our attitude on the subject:
“The United States Government is willing to go along with the majority at the meeting of the Governing Board on Wednesday next on the question of postponing the date of the meeting of the Montevideo Conference. It would suggest the advisability, however, of considering the holding of the Conference on the date already fixed, but making the duration of the Conference briefer and revising and reducing the agenda to a smaller number of subjects not too controversial.”