824.01/959c: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Bolivia (Woodward)
669. Reference Department’s 668 of June 21.6 It is the consensus of the interested American republics that the Bolivian regime be recognized on June 23.
Please deliver to the Foreign Minister at 11 a.m. on that date a note stating as follows:
“I have the honor to advise Your Excellency that my Government, having full confidence that Your Excellency’s Government will dedicate itself to complete and effective implementation of its announced friendly attitude toward the cause of the United Nations in the present war effort, is pleased to extend, as of this date, full recognition to Your Excellency’s Government. Accept, etc.”
At the hour mentioned above the Department will release a statement to the press.7