740.24112 RP/7–2044: Telegram
The Chargé in Bolivia (McLaughlin) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:56 p.m.]
1405. Reference our airgram A–292 of June 27, 1944. The Foreign Minister has stated that representatives of the Embassy will be invited to attend a meeting of Economic Defense Board set for either July 26 or July 27. An informed member of the Board today informed the Embassy that one of the basic questions which the Board wishes answered is whether the United States will lend financial assistance in connection with the replacement and expropriation program. It is urgently requested that the Department telegraph what if any answer the Embassy should make to such an inquiry.