724.3415/4056: Telegram
The Ambassador in Argentina (Weddell) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:55 p.m.]
142. Referring to my telegram No. 139, August 27, 4 p.m., Brazilian Ambassador today told me that he is informed by his Government that it is in accord with Bolivia’s desire to obtain an outlet to the Paraguay River below Bahía Negra and that it will uphold this viewpoint within the committee of conciliation provided for in the Argentine peace formula.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs this afternoon told me that yesterday he had communicated the Bolivian confidential sine qua non to the Paraguayan Minister here saying he felt this was necessary in order to assert the impartiality of his attitude.
Repeated to Rio de Janeiro.