840.48 Refugees/739: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Chile ( Armour )
54. The following telegram has been received from Rublee at London:
[Here follows the text of telegram No. 915, supra.]
The Department believes that any action by Chile at this juncture which could be interpreted as a withdrawal from the Committee would be most unfortunate since the effectiveness of the Committee might be seriously if not irreparably impaired by the precedent established. Accordingly you are requested to discuss this matter immediately with the appropriate authorities and if Chile contemplates withdrawing, endeavor to obtain a reconsideration of such action. You may wish to point out that the resolutions in question become binding upon Chile only upon ratification by it.27
- The Ambassador in Chile informed the Department, in telegram No. 108, September 17, noon, that the Chilean Government was instructing its representatives on the Intergovernmental Committee to cooperate with the latter for the admission of such refugees, principally agriculturists, as were within Chile’s capacity and needs (840.48 Refugees/746).↩