611.3531/118: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Argentina (Bliss)
6. Department’s 79, December 9, 3 p.m. The Argentine Ambassador came to the Department on January 12 and under instructions from his Government asked that this Government desist from pressing its point of view that under our Treaty of 1853 with Argentina we are entitled to the tariff reductions of the Chilean modus vivendi which were extended to Great Britain, France and Italy. The reason for this request appears to be mainly to help Argentina out of its difficult situation with Germany, which is apparently asserting the same rights under its Treaty with Argentina as are being asserted by the United States, and is threatening to penalize Argentina with its maximum tariff. The Ambassador was advised that this Government must stand on the position set out in its telegram to you above referred to.
The instructions received by the Ambassador referred to a reply of the Argentine Government to you which “was being studied in Washington”. Has any reply been received, and if so when was it forwarded to Washington?