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The Ambassador in Argentina (Weddell) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:35 p.m.]
151. I met the Brazilian Ambassador and the Minister for Foreign Affairs in the latter’s office this morning. The Bolivian Minister who was also present said that he hoped for a reply today from his Government [Page 190] to an urgent message he had sent last night asking for Bolivia’s decision on the peace formula. He urged the necessity for securing Paraguay’s formal acceptance of the interpretation of the formula drafted by the Minister of Foreign Affairs. The latter referred to the solemn statements made by the Paraguayan Minister (see my 137, August 23, 6 p.m.) and expressed disinclination to take up the matter again. The Bolivian Minister said that he felt it was highly desirable to clarify doubtful points before proceeding further, emphasizing the desire of his Government for arbitration but stressing the importance of making paragraph 7 entirely clear, while the Minister urged that his Government accept the formula in principle and then ask for the clarification of doubtful points.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs said that he had just received a visit from the Spanish Ambassador who asked on behalf of his Government for a copy of the peace formula and for full information concerning the negotiations and that he had informed him that the League of Nations was being fully posted to which Spain as a member of the League might apply.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Brazilian Ambassador, and I are to meet the Bolivian Minister again tomorrow or as soon as he receives a reply from his Government.
My Brazilian colleague thinks that Bolivia is pursuing dilatory tactics and I am inclined to share this view.
Repeated to Rio de Janeiro.