723.2515/2073: Telegram
The Ambassador in Peru (Poindexter) to the Secretary of State
[Received March 28—12:10 a.m.]
36. I received this evening a note from the Minister for Foreign Affairs which, after reciting the contents of your memorandum of March 25, 6 p.m., states as follows:
“In reply, I am pleased to state to Your Excellency, with the request that you be kind enough to transmit the same to the Secretary of State, that, in agreement with the President of the Republic, I have already issued to the delegate of Peru on the Plebiscitary Commission at Arica the necessary authorization and instructions to cooperate in the immediate suspension of the preliminary proceedings of the plebiscite which, however, shall remain unaltered as in the case of the authority of the Commission; and that my Government is disposed to accredit representatives in Washington to enter with those of Chile’ into the negotiations that may be suggested by the Secretary of State, or that may be suggested through his estimable mediation.”