810.24/56: Telegram
The Chargé in Uruguay ( Dwyre ) to the Secretary of State
[Received 6:06 p.m.]
49. Referring to the Department’s telegram No. 39 July 5. Since my telegram No. 46, June 28, I took the opportunity on two different social occasions to mention the matter to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and each time he assured me that a statement would soon be forthcoming. On receipt of the Department’s telegram No. 39, I obtained an interview with the Minister for Foreign Affairs for this afternoon stating, as I did on each previous occasion, that no official and formal statement was necessary and that only an indication of the views of the Uruguayan Government is desired. The Minister stated that the matter has been under serious consideration from the moment of our first interview and that it is one on which he must first confer with the President, the Minister of National Defense, and certain technical advisers. The Minister said that he has appointments tomorrow with the President and the Minister of National Defense and promised to give me a statement at noon Saturday, July 8, at which time I am to call at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. I shall telegraph immediately thereafter.