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The Minister in Bolivia (Des Portes) to the Secretary of State

15. Extension until Saturday granted for the reply. Jockeying seems likely, Bolivia more wholeheartedly accepting to the degree that reports indicate Paraguayan rejection of the proposal.

An expectation here appears to be that the replies on March 3 will be only the beginning of the present phase of the negotiations.

Repeated to Buenos Aires, Asunción.

Des Portes