824.00/3076: Circular telegram
The Secretary of State to the Diplomatic Representatives in the American Republics Except Argentina and Bolivia
Ambassador Avra Warren, who will soon take up his post at Panama, left Washington May 4 on a special trip to La Paz where he is to arrive Sunday or Monday and will stay a few days. He is not going in any official capacity but merely to arrive at an estimate of the present situation and gather additional information regarding the present attitude and intentions of the element in power in Bolivia. Although the Department has instructed Ambassador Warren to interest himself in matters connected with the war effort, our position on recognition remains as previously stated and no change will be made regarding it without a full exchange of views with all the other American republics except Argentina.
As soon as Ambassador Warren has returned and given me his estimate of the situation, I expect to communicate further with you in the light of what he tells me in order that you may keep a continuous confidential contact on the subject with the Government to which you are accredited.
[Page 456]Please convey the substance of the foregoing as a confidential matter to the Foreign Minister or to the appropriate officer of the Government to which you are accredited.