Foreign Relations of the United States: Diplomatic Papers, 1945, The American Republics, Volume IX

835.00/11–2945: Telegram

The Ambassador in Chile (Bowers) to the Secretary of State

Santiago, November 29, 1945—7 p.m.
[Received 8 p.m.]

1490. Deptcirtel November 27, 4 p.m. Saw Fernández³⁹ this morning for his reaction to the Uruguayan note. He said the President⁴⁰ who has just returned now has it and is studying it with the view to giving him his opinion possibly today though Ríos has a cold with fever. The Minister implied that “off the record” he wondered if it would not be better for matters touched on in the Uruguayan note to be decided upon by the American nations in direct conference, as in Rio, rather than through the exchange of notes. However, when I restated the substance of the note, he agreed with its conclusions.

Fernández promised to inform me immediately on the result of the discussions with Rios and others in the Foreign Office.⁴¹

Bowers

39. Joaquin Fernandez Fernández, Chilian Minister for Foreign Affairs.
40. Juan Antonio Ríos Morales.
41. For an expression of a later position of Chile, see telegram 807, December 15, from Montevideo, p. 209.