723.2515/405: Telegram
The Chargé in Ecuador (Belt) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received January 15(?), 8.20 a.m.]
Department’s December 6, noon,39 and Legation’s December 10, 3 p.m.40 I took occasion yesterday to inquire of Minister for Foreign Affairs if his Government had instructed its representatives to Peru and Chile to approach the respective Foreign Offices, advocating a policy of moderation in the present dispute between those countries.
The Minister replied that he prefers to still reserve his attitude due to the delicate relations between Ecuador and Peru over their boundary dispute and principally for the reason of the recent statement of the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Peru, to the Ecuadorean Minister to Lima to the effect that Peru does not wish to discuss the Ecuadorean Peruvian boundary question. The Foreign Minister stated, however, that when the Ecuadorean Peruvian diplomatic relations were in some way modified he might later answer the suggestion of the Department of State.
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