Office of the Historian

810.74/504: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Chile (Bowers)

Washington, October 2, 1942—9 p.m.

1163. Your 1599, September 30, 7 p.m., and 1607, October 1, 7 p.m.87 This Government is prepared to cut off all supplies for Transradio Chilena if it continues to maintain its circuits with the Axis. This is a decision that can be taken only by governmental authority, not by C. E. I. C. You may inform Jory of the foregoing.

No objection is seen to Valenzuela’s alternative suggestion regarding conservation of existing material. In fact, any or all of the several valid objections to continuance of the circuits may be used to achieve the objective of their prompt closure.

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