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No. 58.
Mr. Trescot to Mr. Frelinghuysen .

[Telegram.]
Special Mission of the United States,
Lima , April 12, 1882.

Will leave on the 15th, being absent a few days, to see Montero. I believe bases negotiations between the belligerents can be attained. Is most important I should be in Washington, D. C., before opening of the negotiations to inform you of facts. Telegraph answer Lima.

TRESCOT.