724.3415/4218: Telegram
The Ambassador in Brazil (Gibson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8 p.m.]
258. Argentine Ambassador here has received telegram from Lamas dated Saturday night. It states in substance: (1) Lamas is convinced the League Committee of Twenty-two is bound to fail; (2) that it is better for the mediating powers to await developments, and that so long as the League is handling this question the Argentine will play a passive role; (3) that at the present time Brazil and the United States, not being members of the League of Nations, are in a favorable position to resume negotiations with Argentine support.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs has told the Argentine Ambassador that he is in agreement as to the general views and that whatever [Page 97] might be decided he would insist upon the conference being held in Buenos Aires.
Repeated to Buenos Aires.