824.01/58: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Bolivia (Muccio)
21. Your 45 July 17, 4 p.m. You may deliver the following note in reply to the note received from the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs:
“I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of Your Excellency’s note of (insert date) in which you state that Colonel Toro, having resigned as President of the Junta of Government on July 13, 1937, the National Army designated Colonel Busch Provisional President, and later confirmed him as Chief Executive, and further state that the Government of Bolivia will continue, as until today, maintaining the most cordial relations with my Government.
“In view of the statements contained in your note under reference and of the declarations made by the Chief Executive that his Government intends to respect Bolivia’s international obligations and the legitimate rights of private property, my Government has instructed me to state that it will be pleased to maintain with the Government of Bolivia the cordial relations that have existed between our two countries.”