810.20 Defense/1145: Telegram
The Minister in Paraguay (Frost) to the Secretary of State
[Extract]
Asunción, July 26,
1941—noon.
[Received 4:30 p.m.]
[Received 4:30 p.m.]
114. Department’s No. 53, July 7, 8 p.m. I learned last night that a clause in the arms contract is interpreted by Argaña7 in Cabinet meetings here to mean that the United States in addition to $300,000 can claim from Paraguay $2,700,000 worth of local products usable in war effort at specially low prices. If such a clause exists I would have preferred that the Department mention it in telegram 53; and now may perhaps still be able to use clarification if the Department furnishes it.
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Frost
- Luis Argaña, Paraguayan Minister for Foreign Affairs.↩