Office of the Historian

834.01/39: Telegram

The Minister in Paraguay (Howard) to the Secretary of State

Asunción, August 17, 1937—11 p.m. [a.m.?]
[Received 2:11 p.m.]

23. I have just been invited by the Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs to meet this afternoon together with my colleagues Dr. Luis Argana Minister of Justice and Public Instruction, and Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs pending arrival tomorrow of Dr. Baez.6 The Under Secretary states that it is not the intention of this meeting to imply recognition of the new government which he states is being requested through the Paraguayan Legations. While my acceptance would undoubtedly be conducive to the creation of friendly feeling I shall make no move pending instructions.

I am trying to secure as much information as possible regarding the new government and its personnel and expect to forward same later in the day.

Howard
  1. Cecilio Baez, Minister for Foreign Affairs.↩