724.3415/3922: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Brazil ( Gibson )
82. Your 135, July 16, 4 p.m. Please express to the Minister for Foreign Affairs the sincere gratification of this Government at the reply given by the Brazilian Government to the message contained in the Department’s telegram 80, July 14, 3 p.m.
This Government is in entire accord with the view expressed by the Brazilian Minister for Foreign Affairs that the situation has not been benefited by the newspaper publicity which has unfortunately arisen.
You may advise the Brazilian Government that immediately upon receipt of information that the Brazilian Minister in La Paz had been instructed to urge acceptance of the conciliation formula presented to the Bolivian Government, a similar instruction was sent to the American Minister in that capital and that representations of like nature were made this morning by the Secretary of State to the Bolivian Minister in Washington. It is apparent that if the Bolivian Government decides to accept as a basis the conciliation formula presented, it will do so because of the support of that proposal by the Brazilian and the United States Governments and that phase of the proposal has been emphasized in our conversations with the Bolivian Minister here. It is further believed that if a successful result of the present negotiation is to be obtained the Bolivian Government must be afforded full opportunity to make such proposals for modification of the suggested formula as it may deem fitting and desirable, provided solely that such suggested modifications do not change the essential features of the formula as now drafted.
In conclusion, please state to the Brazilian Government that the response of the Brazilian Government has been a matter of peculiar satisfaction to the Government of the United States and that we will welcome all information or observations throughout the course of these negotiations that the Brazilian Government may desire to convey to us and that the Government of the United States in turn will keep the Brazilian Government fully informed both of its own views and of all information that it may receive regarding the course of the proceedings.