511.4A6/288: Circular telegram

The Secretary of State to Certain Diplomatic Representatives in Latin America92

Please inform the Government to which you are accredited that this Government has accepted the invitation to participate in the Conference on the Limitation of the Manufacture of Narcotic Drugs which is to convene in Geneva on May 27th; that this Government, as it has stated frequently in the past, believes that the suppression of the illicit traffic in narcotic drugs can be accomplished only by international cooperation of all Governments; and that this Government would be much interested in being informed whether the Government [Page 654] to which you are accredited intends to participate in the Conference referred to. Please reply by telegraph as soon as possible.93

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  1. The diplomatic missions in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, and Peru.
  2. Telegraphic replies were received in the affirmative from Chile, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Argentina, Bolivia, Guatemala, and Paraguay, and in the negative from Colombia, Honduras, Haiti, El Salvador, Panama, and Nicaragua. By mail Peru replied affirmatively and Brazil negatively.