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February 16, 1950
Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities for Members
of the Council of the Organization of American
States
The Secretary
Ambassador Quintanilla, Chairman of the COAS
Ambassador Sevilla Sacasa, Representative of
Nicaragua on the COAS
Ambassador Luis Boettner, Representative of Paraguay
on the COAS
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Señor Gomez Robledo, Mexican Delegation to the COAS
Señor Andrés Fenochio, Meyican Delegation to the COAS
Mr. Dreier - AR
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Ambassador Daniels
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Ambassador Quintanilla and his two colleagues on the COAS called
in fulfillment of the instructions given by the COAS at its meeting on
February 7.
Ambassador Quintanilla conveyed to me the good wishes of the COAS
and referred to the efforts of that body to promote inter-American
solidarity and support the general aims of the United States. He then
read, and handed to me, a memorandum summarizing the problem concern-
ing diplomatic privileges and immunities for the special representatives
on the COAS.
I expressed my pleasure at seeing the visitors and said I was very
much interested in having the necessary legislation adopted by Congress
to permit the extension of the privileges and immunities referred to.
I spoke of having recommended legislation to the Congress and of having
spoken with the members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. I
then said I was most happy to have this call from the members of the
Council and the memorandum, which outlined their concern over the fail-
ure of this Government to act. The memorandum, I suggested, would be
of help in impressing upon the Congress the need for action.
I said that in all my discussions with members of Congress I had
encountered no opposition to the proposal, but merely inertia in the
face of many other pressing items of business. I asked Ambassador Quin-
tanilla
to
inform
the
Council
of my efforts and to express my confidence
that necessary action would be taken in time.
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