722.2315/762: Telegram
The Chargé in Ecuador ( Chapin ) to the Acting Secretary of State
[Received November 9—9:55 a.m.]
54. Ref erring to the Legation’s despatch No. 1181, October 22nd.28 Instructions were issued yesterday to Ecuadoran Minister at Lima to reply to Peruvian note of October 18th inviting Ecuador to enter into negotiations in Lima for settlement of the boundary question. Although the nature of the instructions has not been made public Undersecretary for Foreign Affairs told me unofficially last night that the Ecuadoran reply would state that negotiations should be held in Washington in accordance with Ponce–Castro agreement of 1924 and would suggest that meeting take place there during the last half of December. Ecuadoran Minister Washington has been informed to this effect.
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