Office of the Historian

825.20/158

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

No. 6043
Santiago, March 24, 1943.
[Received April 6.]

Sir: With reference to my confidential telegram No. 375 of February 17 [27], 1943,53 concerning the withdrawal of the personnel which accompanied the three coast defense batteries sent to Chile last year, I have the honor to enclose a copy of Confidential Note No. 31, of March 12, 1943,54 from the Minister for Foreign Affairs, indicating that the personnel in question may now be withdrawn from Chile. I have replied to the Foreign Minister stating that my Government has been informed in this sense.

Respectfully yours,

For the Ambassador:
Donald R. Heath

Counselor of Embassy
  1. Not printed; in this telegram the Ambassador agreed with the proposal to withdraw the military personnel (825.20/154).↩
  2. Not printed.↩