Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1936, The American Republics, Volume V

834.01/2: Telegram

The Ambassador in Argentina (Weddell) to the Secretary of State

Buenos Aires, February 19, 1936—6 p.m.
[Received February 19—5:32 p.m.]

43. From Braden.¹ In conversations yesterday with neutral delegates Saavedra Lamas² expressed the belief that the new Paraguayan regime should not be recognized by the six neutral governments represented on the Chaco Peace Conference until after consultation between them and that any such recognition should be more or less simultaneous, being held in abeyance until it can be ascertained whether the new regime will honor the Buenos Aires protocols.³ He requested my colleagues and me to ascertain the views of our Governments.

Chilean delegate stated he had received similar suggestion from his Minister for Foreign Affairs who had telegraphed Lima asking its support; Uruguayan delegate expressed complete agreement with suggestion; Brazilian delegate and I stated we would consult our Governments. [Braden.]

Weddell

1. Spruille Braden, American delegate to the Chaco Peace Conference at Buenos Aires.
2. Carlos Saavedra Lamas, President of the Chaco Peace Conference and Chairman of the Argentine delegation.
3. The protocols of June 12, 1935, and January 21, 1936, signed at Buenos Aires, provided for the solution of the Chaco conflict between Paraguay and Bolivia; see Foreign Relations, 1935, vol. iv, pp. 73–77, and ante, pp. 35–39.