701.6524/15: Telegram
The Chargé in Bolivia (Dawson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:55 p.m.]
169. For the Acting Secretary. Your 146, March 12, 5 p.m. Foreign Minister asks me to tell you he wishes to contest policy with Peruvian and Ecuadoran Governments. His advices are that Peru is expelling Axis officials but that Ecuador has not yet reached decision. He also says he must await reply of Spanish Foreign Minister53a whose good offices he requested in endeavor to get German and Italian Governments to agree to departure via Arica.
He explains that earliest Axis officials could leave would be March 19, arriving Arica next day since necessary railroad equipment will not be available before. He “hopes” to have Axis personnel leave then. I tried to pin him down to definite promise but he would not make one.
- Ramón Serrano Suñer.↩