724.34119/223: Telegram
The Ambassador in Argentina (Weddell) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:22 p.m.]
236. From Gibson. Meeting of mediators held this afternoon to receive senior members of Neutral Military Commission. After exchange [Page 159] of complimentary speeches the Commission was given 10 days in which to prepare a report as to the fulfillment of the measures of security specified in the Protocol. This was done in order to defer the date of declaring the war at an end and to gain time to coordinate the Conference’s efforts for the presentation of the general plan. The report can be produced on short notice if the period is longer than necessary.
Counsels of moderation by Argentina, Brazil and Chile to the President of Bolivia have elicited assurances that he will send instructions to Elío to refrain from precipitating a clash on the question of prisoners of war for the moment. [Gibson.]