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

175. From Braden. My 174, June 30, 8 p.m., first paragraph. Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs informed me last night the proposed meeting with the chiefs of mission would be postponed for a few days until assurances can be obtained from Chile and Peru that they will at least endeavor to discover some means within their treaty obligations with Bolivia which would permit them to enforce as rigid neutrality regulations in the event of another war, as Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay could with Paraguay and the United States with both ex-belligerent nations. Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs thus desired uniformity of action by the six mediatory powers.

Weddell