721.23/1045: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Colombia (Caffery)
20. Following telegram just received from Rio:
[Here follows text of telegram No. 14, February 7, 5 p.m., from the Ambassador in Brazil, printed on page 463.]
Department replied as follows:
[Here follows text of telegram No. 22, February 7, 6 p.m., to the Ambassador in Brazil, printed supra.]
Your 28, February 7, 3 p.m. just received. Above will show you impossibility of having a reply from Peru by tomorrow night. Nothing has yet been said to Peru as it is first necessary to straighten matters out in Rio. Please endeavor to have advance of boats delayed as much as possible.