DEPARTMENT OF STATE Memorandum of Conversation
DATE: July 29, 1952
SUBJECT: First Call of the Ambassador- designate of Bolivia
PARTICIPANTS: The Secretary The Ambassador-designate of Bolivia The Chief of Protocol
COPIES TO: S S/S S/S-PR ARA OSA
His Excellency Victor Andrade, newly appointed Ambassador of Bolivia, called on me at 3:15 p.m. today to present copies of his credentials and to request an appointment with the President.
After the usual exchange of courtesies, the Ambassador expressed his particular pleasure at coming back to an assignment in Washington, where he had already served as Ambassador during the years 1944-1945. He said that he considered himself as a strong liberal, devoted entirely to the interests of the people of his country and that his particular task here would be to maintain the friendliest relations between the two countries. He said that his views were never those of the extremists, that is, strongly pro-capitalist or strongly proletariat. He said that there are a number of questions affecting Bolivian-American relationships which he hoped to help in ironing out during his stay in Washington. He mentioned particularly the tin situation, expressing the hope that a purchase price for tin might be established which might be equitable to both sides. He said that his greatest wish was to cooperate with me in all ways.
I assured the Ambassador that I was most happy to have him return to Washington and that he could call upon me at any time to lend a helping hand in his problems.
After some further general conversation, the Ambassador departed.
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