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710 Conference (W and PW)/1–2345: Telegram

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

Santiago, January 23, 1945—1 p.m.
[Received 4:10 p.m.]

102. Fernandez28 inquired whether point No. IV in the agenda contained in Padilla’s invitation of January 11 replaces No. IV in the agenda contained in Department’s circular January 5, 3 p.m.

I said that while there seemed to be no doubt that this was case, since as stated in Department’s circular telegram of January 11, Department did not intend to prepare a formal agenda nor to correlate suggestions and amplify the tentative agenda already transmitted as the Department believed that this was a task which should be undertaken by Mexico in consultation with the other American Republics.

Nevertheless, I would be grateful for early telegraphic reply which would enable me to assure Fernandez on this point.

Bowers
  1. Joaquín Fernández Fernández, Minister for Foreign Affairs.↩