BL–42. Telegram from the Ambassador in Bolivia (Strom) to the Department of State1
325. Communique from Secretary General Presidency announces 1) government USSR has officially informed GOB its willingness receive in Moscow commission technicians and economists to discuss A) tin smelter offer B) credits up to $150 million for technical assistance equipment and new installations Comibol and YPFB C) possibility long–term acquisition Bolivian mine production 2) GOB has reaffirmed decision ascend commission under Minister Mines discuss Soviet proposals 3) commission to travel Moscow latter half January.
- Source: Department of State, Central Files, 824.25/12–2460. Unclassified. No dispatch time is recorded on the source text; it was received in the Department on December 27, 8:59 a.m., having been delayed in transmission.↩