Office of the Historian

721.23/1710: Telegram

The Minister in Switzerland (Wilson) to the Secretary of State76

Geneva, May 12, 1933—11 a.m.
[Received May 12—7 a.m.]

179. Your 100, May 11, 5 p.m.77 Substance communicated through Secretary General and through Lester, President of the Advisory Committee on Colombia and Peru. Latter wishes to express the Committee’s appreciation for the prompt and helpful support given by our Government.

Lester informs me that he has just been advised by the Peruvian representative that the leader of the Liberal Party in Colombia is being sent at once to Lima with the idea of settling the dispute by direct negotiations there. In the circumstances an early reply from either Colombia or Peru with regard to the Advisory Committee’s recommendations of March 18 (see my 178, May 10, 9 p.m.) is not anticipated.

Lester also tells me that the Peruvian squadron entered Port of Spain, Trinidad, yesterday evening. He has no information with [Page 529] regard to steps which British authorities may be taking in this situation.

Wilson
  1. Second paragraph repeated to the Minister in Colombia in Department’s telegram No. 46, May 12, 6 p.m.↩
  2. See footnote 75 above.↩