710.Consultation(2)/250: Telegram
The Minister in Bolivia (Jenkins) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:10 p.m.]
56. The Minister for Foreign Affairs sent for me this afternoon and much to my surprise told me that he would not personally attend the Habana consultative meeting since he felt it was useless as he had been unsuccessful in his attempt through the Bolivian Minister in Washington to get some sort of commitment from our Government to help Bolivia on the tin situation48 and the construction of the Cochabamba–Santa Cruz railroad which he considered of continental strategic importance to link Santos with Arica. He expressed dissatisfaction that we should always bring up the question of the Standard Oil49 as a feign to assistance.
The Minister stated that Finot, Bolivian Ambassador to Mexico, would represent Bolivia at the meeting.
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