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Memorandum by the Assistant Secretary of State (Caffery)
The Mexican Chargé d’Affaires came to see me this evening, 7:00 p.m., and told me that his Government had had a reply from the Chilean Government to Dr. Puig’s telegram. The Chilean Government communicated its approval of the proposed action, adding the suggestion, however, that all Latin American countries be invited to subscribe. The Argentine and Brazilian Governments had not yet replied to Dr. Puig’s telegram.
Note: Dr. Puig’s telegrams to the Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Argentine, Brazil and Chile, of course referred to the suggestion that the Governments of the ABC powers’ and the Mexican Government instruct their representatives at Havana to urge the de facto Cuban authorities to endeavor to form a Government able to maintain order and protect lives and property.