723.2515/3253: Telegram
The Ambassador in Peru (Moore) to the Secretary of State
[Received 2:20 p.m.]
6. Your 7, January 18, 1 p.m. I saw President Leguia and urged him to make some proposition. The President stated that he could not make any proposition until the Boundary Commissioners returned from Arica and reported. The Boundary Commissioners are expected to arrive in Lima on January 30. The President stated that he would try to make one at that time although he felt that if he could not get Arica, it would be just as well for Peru not to have the matter settled. There is a remote prospect, however, that he may make some proposition not including Arica. I am urging him almost daily, and I have stressed the importance of having something done before March 4.