723.2515/3276: Telegram
The Ambassador in Peru (Moore) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:50 p.m.]
27. If you believe it wise and can put this question up to President Hoover and can procure a favorable reply, it might go a long way toward securing a prompt settlement. The question is as follows: [Page 733]
“If President Leguia was ready to make a settlement, and if he felt it necessary, would President Hoover object to President Leguia’s saying that he had made the settlement at the suggestion of, or on the advice of, the President of the United States?”
President Hoover made a very strong impression on the people of Peru, and President Leguia thinks that a statement of this kind might be most helpful.