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722.2315/1241c: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Chile ( Armour )34

Washington , October 17, 1938—6 p.m.

63. You may express to the Minister for Foreign Affairs the appreciation of your Government for the opinions expressed in response to this Government’s request for information as to the views of the Government of Chile with regard to the appeal made by the President of Ecuador to the Governments of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Uruguay, and the United States to offer mediation in the boundary controversy between Ecuador and Peru. The views of all the five governments would seem to be entirely harmonious. The President is sending today the following reply to the President of Ecuador:

[Here follows text of telegram printed supra.]

Hull
  1. The same, mutatis mutandis, October 17, 6 p.m., to the Embassy in Argentina as No. 159. and to the Legation in Uruguay as No. 49.↩