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Memorandum of Conversation, by the Director of the Office of American Republic Affairs (Duggan)
Señor Iturralde came in at his request. He said that under instructions he wanted to reiterate the intention of his government to collaborate with the democracies and to cooperate with the United States particularly with regard to all matters connected with the war.
Señor Iturralde requested a copy of the memorandum61 circulated to the other American republics. I told him that it would not be possible to give him a copy of that document.
Señor Iturralde said that his government very much hoped that shipments of armaments under the Lend-Lease agreement would be continued. I told Señor Iturralde very frankly that there would be no further Lend-Lease shipments as long as there was an unrecognized Bolivian Government. I then went on to say that the longer there was an unrecognized Bolivian Government the more difficult would become relations between the two countries. There were all sorts of problems which we would have to review and go into thoroughly if the present situation continued.