724.34119/993c: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Paraguay (Howard)
16. You will request an interview with the Minister for Foreign Affairs at the earliest opportunity today and hand to him a note containing the following statement.
“I have been instructed by my Government to inform Your Excellency that, having noted with satisfaction the statement regarding foreign policy and the Chaco Peace Conference negotiations made by His Excellency the President of Paraguay and published on August 22, as well as Your Excellency’s telegram of August 24 to the President of the Peace Conference, the Government of the United States of America will be pleased to maintain the friendly relations that have so happily existed between our two countries”.
Please report immediately by telegram when the note is delivered and include in your report any statement made in reply by the Minister for Foreign Affairs.