611.3531/107a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Argentina (Bliss)
77. Department informed by Department of Commerce that reductions in customs duties granted by Argentina to Chile under modus vivendi recently concluded between these countries have also been accorded to United Kingdom and Northern Ireland, France and Italy.
In order to determine whether it would be possible to request similar reductions for American commerce under pertinent provisions of the Argentine-American Treaty of 1853, please ascertain which treaties the aforementioned countries invoked in order to obtain treatment similar to that granted to Chile by Argentina. Report by cable together with any recommendations or observations you may desire to submit.