Gomisander of the American Legion aud the national com manderofthe'yoand 8, whichhasprobablyarllion members, requesting that every ounce of presure be brought to Beas to ‘op any such foolish aetion « 2" On February 8 of the same year, Mr. C. W. Webster, sales representative of Latin-American’ GustigeWright products, ‘wrote to Captain C. K. Travis, the company’s representative in Peru— «In my opinion the real activity is just beginning, not only in the Chaco but around Leticia at yell. National pride and stubbornness wil not permit these coutris to quit luntl they blow up through absolute bankruptcy, and while he shove is going on, itis our job as dsttbutors of munitions to igetour share, « . Tam sil of the opinion thac before these foro ‘comic opera wars" are finished in the north and south that practically all of South America will be involved 0 atch your step and play your cards careful Mr. G.W. Websters rather macabre vente of comedy wat not, at that time, eing shared by the rest of the world, While thee Fetters were being writen, the nations were being asked to con sider the appeal made by Mr. Eden to their nceredited repre: fentatves on the League of Nations to play ther cards cecaly for the open game of peace. Here are soine of the wayy Ms ‘Webster was playing his own eanis:— 1 Later to Mr. J. Ven Wagner, Chile. March 90, 1993 «Again please remember 10 reiain in all of your letters sent to this office from mentioning the name of O-sns, You can always refer to him at ‘Jones. Alo do not conven ‘ith anyoop regarding sale of machines ot equipment going 10 other countries or any transactions concerning them, AG ‘mentioned in’ my previous leter, conditions are becoming Hearings Pare ex 77. URE Raa eat ge 7 ve vs tits pay oun inten wan” 8 very acute and 1 do not wish ovr files to contain anything with ‘a bearing on this busines. You can always send any necessary letters to my home and thereby Keep them out of our files. Another matter whieh I wish you would take wp ime rmeiliately and posibly through Disr Lira i the question finvolving the pesible manufacture in the Santiago plant of airplanes intended for other South American eountses, This isin view of « posible embargo on the part of the League OF Nations aud United States Government, 1 Lester 9 Mr. Lawrncs Lim, Argentina, February 10, 1935 (after suggesting that Mr. Leon shonld contact some Govern tent oficials in Paraguay), “seems to me that the Bolivia-Paraguay trouble has-not yet reached its peak and the conditions fstead of becoming Better are gradually getting worse. I'such is the cat, iwi be absolutely necessary for Paraguay to Bnd the money foe the purchase of aircraft and other iaunitios. If we are able t sell them anything, we will hve to work very carefully aod quietly, ‘and possibly werk through you, asan individual, as the Bolivian Government would naturally raise ‘memy hell” if they bee Tiewed that we were dealing with ther enemis."™ UI ces