725.34/61: Telegram
The Ambassador in Argentina (Weddell) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 18—3:19 a.m.]
162. By invitation of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Brazilian Ambassador and I met the Chilean and Paraguayan diplomatic representatives at the Foreign Office this afternoon. The Chilean Ambassador said that he desired to communicate to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and to the Brazilian and American representatives the fact that his Government had arrived at a complete understanding with the Paraguayan Government over their recent differences, that normal diplomatic relations would be at once resumed, and further that the Paraguayan representative in the League of Nations would cast his country’s vote for the Chilean representative as a member of the League Council. He concluded by expressing in the name of his Government warm thanks for the sympathetic interest and efforts of the mediating countries. The Paraguayan Minister then spoke to the same effect.
It is expected that Rogerio Ibarra, former Minister for Foreign Affairs now in Asunción, will be made Minister to Chile and the present Chilean Chargé d’Affaires in Paraguay will be designated Chargé d’Affaires pending the arrival of a Minister.
Repeated to Asunción.