File No. 763.72119/1048
The Ambassador in Argentina ( Stimson ) to the Secretary of State
[Received 4.40 p.m.]
Your December 24, 4 p.m. It is the general opinion among the diplomats here that the Latin-American conference will never take [Page 395] place. La Nación yesterday reported that the conference was now scheduled to take place towards the middle of April and that Mexico was the only country which had definitely accepted the invitation to send delegates; the other countries, for the most part, desiring to know what the program of the conference will include before sending any reply.
The President [told] the Chilean Minister that the congress would “perhaps” be called at the time, and it was from this source that the information of the Chilean Foreign Office was derived as the Chilean Minister stated last night to the Minister of Uruguay.
The latter Minister saw Molinari, Undersecretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a few days ago. Molinari then stated that he was; endeavoring to devise a form by which the United States could be: invited to participate in the conference.