721.2315/171: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Peru ( Poindexter )
6. Your 6, February 27, noon. Department is surprised at the suggestion made for modification of the Peruvian-Colombian treaty. This was signed by the Peruvian Government, has been submitted to the Congresses in both Colombia and Peru and has been approved by the Colombian Senate. The whole arrangement depends upon the ratification of this treaty by Peru. The Brazilian Government has definitely accepted to give Colombia navigation rights in question and has never made any proposal to this Government in the negotiations leading up to the acceptance of the present Procès Verbal to have the Colombian-Peruvian treaty modified. However any discussion on this point is now unnecessary as Brazil has definitely accepted the Procès Verbal as drafted.
Please call upon President Leguía immediately recalling to him the statement that he made to you as reported in your No. 3, February 23, 7 p.m., that withdrawal by Brazil of its protest would remove his only objection to the treaty; that arrangement as stated in proposed Procès Verbal seems a happy solution of the question and that if such an arrangement were reached he would be glad to advise the Peruvian Congress to that effect and to repeat recommendation that the pending treaty be ratified on conditions stated in Procès Verbal. You will make every proper endeavor to have instructions sent to Señor Velarde to sign the Procès Verbal as drafted.