724.3415/4229: Telegram
The Ambassador in Brazil (Gibson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 5:20 p.m.]
262. This morning Calvo the Bolivian Minister (former Minister for Foreign Affairs) called on me for a general talk. He was chiefly interested in eliciting a definite statement as to our attitude toward accepting membership on League commissions. I told him our position as outlined in the Department’s telegrams, and in my turn asked him how in the face of our repeated statements of our position Costa du Rels could feel justified in continuing to state that he believed the United States and Brazil could be persuaded to modify their attitude. Doctor Calvo said the Bolivian Government had already addressed that question to Du Rels, who had replied that he had “definite assurances from Americans in Geneva not members of the Consulate or Legation”.
If Costa du Rels is acting on the basis of this sort of information Department may want to have the facts made plain to him.