824.01/167: Telegram
The Ambassador in Bolivia (Boal) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 4—1:15 a.m.]
26. La Paz papers today printed the full text of the Bolivian note of protest delivered to Guani. The note, text and translation13 of which are being transmitted by pouch, states that the Committee in seeking to consider matters such as the recognition of governments, exceeds its authority and goes beyond the scope of activities for which it was originally created. It insists that the matter of recognition is purely an individual matter for each country to decide independently. The important thing in any case, according to the note, is to win the war, and the delays occasioned by the Montevideo discussions can only tend to limit Bolivia’s contribution temporarily and therefore interfere with the war effort.
- Not printed.↩