724.3415/4040: Telegram
The Ambassador in Brazil (Gibson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3:55 p.m.]
189. 1. Minister for Foreign Affairs has instructed Brazilian Minister at La Paz to endeavor to persuade Bolivian Government to accept unconditionally the seven points already accepted by Paraguay and to add that indefinite procrastination on the part of Bolivia will inevitably jeopardize the efforts now being made to bring about a peaceful solution.
2. Freitas-Valle has been instructed to consult you with a view to having our Minister in La Paz take concerted action with Brazilian Minister. Brazilian Government shares in the view that the attitude of the Bolivian Government constitutes the immediate problem and that our effort should be concentrated for the moment on eliciting a clear-cut statement of its position.
3. Brazilian Ambassador at Buenos Aires has been instructed to sound out Saavedra Lamas concerning the action Argentina intends to take with regard to the Bolivian forts it now occupies in the disputed territory.
[Page 184]4. Brazilian Minister in Asunción advises he is in accord with Nicholson21 that it is inadvisable for the moment to press for a solution of the Chile–Paraguay incident.
Repeated Buenos Aires.
- American Minister in Paraguay.↩