710.Consultation (3)A/306: Telegram
The Chargé in Uruguay (Dwyer) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:50 p.m.]
504. For Welles from Spaeth. Reference Embassy cable No. 500 of May 17.56 Guani has just received a letter from the Foreign Minister of Chile stating that his Government does not deem a consultative visit to Chile necessary or desirable at the present time. The letter from Fernandez y Fernandez is another evidence of the hostility which he has shown toward the Committee since our publication of the memorandum of Axis activities in Chile.57 In view of this attitude Guani feels and I concur that there is some reason to doubt that Chile will support the proposal to submit a report to the Governing Board of the Union recommending a change in the Committee’s membership.
That [at] an informal meeting this morning with Guani which was attended by the Mexican and Brazilian members, it was agreed that no mention should be made to the Chilean member at this time of the proposed reports to the Governing Board of the Union. It was also agreed, however, that it is highly desirable to start the procedure with reference to Argentina by having the Committee, at its meeting on May 25, take the preliminary step which is mentioned in the cable under reference, but without presenting the proposal for a report to the Union. It is believed that the proposed procedure for securing an Argentine comment on the delegation’s report has merit and need not await the final decision on the latter proposal.
During the time that we are waiting upon an Argentine reply it is proposed that Guani carry on the necessary conversations with the Chilean member with respect to a possible change in attitude concerning the consultative visit, and, after a decision is reached with Amézaga, with respect to the report to the Union.
I have concurred in the procedure as set forth above but am in a position to carry out any instructions which you may have in the matter. [Spaeth.]