724.3415/4185: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Chile (Sevier)
70. Your 94, September 26, 6 p.m. Please say to Dr. Cruchaga that this Government appreciates highly the friendly message he has sent expressing the hope of the Chilean Government that the United States will collaborate actively in the Chaco commission designated by the League of Nations. You may inform him for his confidential information that the Secretary General of the League was yesterday informally advised that while the United States was unable to participate [Page 90] in the proposed League Chaco commission, this Government acting in its individual capacity, would adopt a friendly and cooperative attitude towards the activities of the commission whenever in its own judgment such attitude might prove of practical assistance in furthering the pacific solution of the Chaco problem.