823.51/185: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Peru (Gonzales)
44. Your 45, June 7, 3 p.m., and 63, August 24, noon.
You may inform the President that after the most careful consideration of the requirements of the position which the Peruvian Government intends to create, the Department takes pleasure in recommending for the post of Administrator of Peruvian Customs, Dr. W. W. Cumberland, whose past experience includes service as Associate Professor of Economics at the University of Minnesota, Economic and Financial Expert on the American Commission to Negotiate Peace, 1919, Financial Expert on the American Military Mission to Armenia, Financial Adviser to the American High Commission in Constantinople, and Foreign Trade Adviser of the Department of State, which latter position Dr. Cumberland is now filling. The Department’s recommendation has already been informally conveyed through the Peruvian Ambassador to Señor Fuchs.2
You will understand that Dr. Cumberland cannot commit himself with regard to the acceptance of the post to be created by the Government of Peru, in spite of the attraction of the possibility of service in it, until he ascertains the amount of the compensation that the Government of Peru will offer, and until he is advised just how, in the sense indicated in the last sentence of your telegram number 45, of June 7, 3 p.m., the powers of the Administrator of Customs are to be made far-reaching. It is suggested that authority be given to the Peruvian Ambassador here to take these details up directly with Dr. Cumberland.3