723.2515/3336: Telegram
The Ambassador in Peru (Moore) to the Secretary of State
[Received April 15—1:45 a.m.]
73 Do not pay any attention to the newspaper report from Santiago. The conditions this evening are exactly as outlined in my 72, April 12, 6 p.m. President Leguia has asked for the plans and specifications of the proposed port at Las Yaradas. When they are received they will be turned over to Engineer Seeley who will examine them and send copies to New York City for expert opinion there. If a feasible and practical port can be constructed, Peru will accept it.
This will take time. President Leguia told me in an emphatic manner that he would not sign any papers until the question of the feasibility of the port has been thoroughly demonstrated. He requested me to inform you that he would sign no agreement until such agreement had been submitted to you and President Hoover.