File No. 763.72119/951
The Chargé in Paraguay ( Sussdorff) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 23, 2.35 a.m.]
Paraguayan Minister for Foreign Affairs informed me to-day that his Government had been sounded by the Argentine Government as to whether Paraguay would attend a Central-American congress but that Argentina had not committed herself definitely as to whether she meant a conference of all American states or only of neutral ones. The Minister said that he strongly favors a conference of all the American states as indicated in his telegram to the Pan American Union, reported in my telegram November 7, 4 p.m.1 He added that if a congress of neutral American states takes place, Paraguay will send representatives but that her delegates will be instructed to vote that all important decisions of the congress as to policy be referred to a conference of all the American states.
Pursuant to Department’s previous instructions, I am making every effort to discourage the Paraguayan Government from supporting the idea of a congress of neutral American states.