724.34119/622: Telegram
The Ambassador in Argentina (Weddell) to the Secretary of State
[Received 12:33 p.m.]
201. From Braden. Your 126, September 28, 5 p.m. Stefanich yesterday telegraphed Ramírez to advise the Conference President that the propaganda against the Paraguayan Government continues so great that he may have to retract his promise not to publish the September 11 note. Rodrigues Alves urged that the note be not published since the Conference then would have to make a detailed reply along the lines described in paragraph 3 of my telegram 197, September 27, 2 p.m. He suggested as an alternative that Stefanich make a public statement to the effect that a note has been presented to the Conference and that the matter is under consideration. This procedure still would permit us to settle the matter through regimentation [reglementation], [Braden.]