Office of the Historian

723.2515/3282: Telegram

The Ambassador in Peru (Moore) to the Secretary of State6

[Paraphrase]
Lima, March 11, 1929—9 p.m.
[Received 11:21 p.m.]

29. Your 21, March 11, 11 a.m. I saw President Leguia. He said that he must have a port for Tacna. The American engineers state that the only place where one is possible is the one they have indicated, which, they state, could be moved 300 meters north.

If the Chilean engineers can prove to President Leguia that a port can be constructed at the place they suggest for $3,500,000, I have no doubt that President Leguia will agree to it.

Moore
  1. Repeated to Chile as Department’s telegram No. 25, March 12, 2 p.m.↩