724.3415/4289: Telegram
The Ambassador in Brazil (Gibson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 1:15 p.m.]
302. My 300, October 25, 6 p.m. Bolivian Minister who evidently wants to keep door open now states that his Government will only today receive an air mail letter in which he explained the whole scheme more fully than he could do in his telegram.
The Argentine Ambassador has called at the Foreign Office with a further telegram from Saavedra Lamas stating that he had received a telegram from Avenol54 inquiring whether any conversations were proceeding, that he had telephoned back a categorical denial. Saavedra Lamas in order to make doubly sure, requested a clear statement from the Ambassador here in support of his message to Avenol.
[Page 231]It has not yet been explained how Avenol heard of the proposed conversations.
In the light of his present knowledge Minister for Foreign Affairs is of the opinion that Bolivia will not agree to any conversations.
- Joseph Louis Avenol, Secretary General of the League of Nations.↩