724.3415/4015: Telegram
The Ambassador in Brazil (Gibson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:55 p.m.]
175. 1. Brazilian Minister at La Paz advises Foreign Office Bolivian Minister for Foreign Affairs annoyed at contradictory statements [Page 172] he is receiving concerning bases of conciliation discussed in Buenos Aires between the Brazilian Ambassador, American Ambassador, and Saavedra Lamas.
2. Bolivian Minister for Foreign Affairs wishes the arbitration to be de juris and not simple in character. He further asserts that as far as Bolivia is concerned the concession of a port on the Paraguay River must be made sine qua non part of the bases for the conciliation and that this item was apparently omitted in the above mentioned conversations held in Buenos Aires.
3. Saavedra Lamas yesterday informed Brazilian Ambassador that he is in possession of Paraguayan note of last July accepting all seven bases for the conciliation although apparently Paraguay now declares that it can only accept the first and last mentioned bases.
4. Brazilian Minister for Foreign Affairs is today telegraphing Freitas-Valle18 to consult with you concerning the joint action which should be taken by us at Buenos Aires in view of the present attitude of Paraguay and Bolivia.
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Repeated to Buenos Aires.
- G. de Freitas-Valle, Brazilian Chargé in Washington.↩