723.2515/362: Telegram
The Minister in Ecuador (Hartman) to the Acting Secretary of State
Quito, December
10, 1918, 3 p.m.
[Received December 11, 2.47 p.m.]
[Received December 11, 2.47 p.m.]
Department’s December 6th, 12 a.m. complied with today. The Minister for Foreign Affairs informed me that Ecuadorean Government is not ready at present to instruct its representatives at Santiago and Lima but is waiting for further information which is expected in a few days. Boundary dispute with Peru assigned as reason for present attitude.
Hartman