810.20 Defense/9–544: Telegram
The Ambassador in Uruguay (Dawson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:22 a.m.]
835. In note yesterday Uruguayan Government states that it perceives no objection whatever to initiating the exploratory and informal [Page 118] staff conversations proposed pursuant to Department’s instruction of August 1.
In same note Serrato27 adds that for definitive establishment of peace and mutual confidence in continent he considers of great importance the signing of a great American pact of peace security and mutual protection by which all American countries would mutually guarantee their territorial integrity and respect of their rights on basis of a broad system of peaceful settlement of controversies without restrictions or exceptions. Text by airmail.
- José Serrato, Uruguayan Minister for Foreign Affairs.↩