724.3415/3475: Telegram
The Ambassador in Argentina (Weddell) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received 8 p.m.]
10. Referring to my No. 7, January 7, 3 p.m.,11 I today called on the President. I emphasized to him Department’s message contained in its 5, January 5, 6 p.m. Replying, he said that before his departure Thursday for Rosario he had personally urged on chief of Paraguayan delegation extension of armistice and that latter had retorted categorically that his Government would not consent to this since it would prejudice their military situation. The President added that on eight or ten occasions he had urged peace on the respective belligerents giving me the idea, as in his conversation with Secretary Hull that he feared a loss of his influence by further insistence.
I then stated the Department’s viewpoint concerning Terra initiative set forth in concluding paragraph of its telegram No. 5 of January 5, 6 p.m.
During conversation the President twice emphasized that his Government had engagements with the countries bordering Paraguay requiring concerted action.
In reply to my request the President said that when the Minister for Foreign Affairs returned tomorrow he would ask him to keep me informed of any developments.
The President asked me if I had conferred with the League’s representatives to which I replied negatively. This message repeated to Secretary at Lima.
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