823.51/190: Telegram
The Ambassador in Peru (Gonzales) to the Secretary of State
[Received 5:10 p.m.]
70. Your September 17, 6 p.m.4 Administrator will have power reform present system levying customs duties, to study tariffs and suggest modifications, to recommend appointment of clerks. Except [for] Minister of Finance who is, under the Constitution, responsible to Congress, Administrator will be head of customs, but [Page 658] he will be practically the head as he will meet with President in conference each week. If under developing New York plan a bank is organized here Administrator may sit as director if desired.
Salary $16,000 gold.
Immediate action urged.
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