722.2315/2712: Telegram
The Minister in Ecuador (Long) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:22 p.m.]
569. The following telegram has been sent to Lima.
December 27, 7 p.m. From the three Ministers for the three Ambassadors. My telegram of December 27, 11 a.m.47 The Foreign [Page 254] Minister after expressing his profound appreciation to the Quito representatives of the mediating powers handed us a memorandum which in literal translation reads as follows:
“The Government of Ecuador is profoundly grateful to the mediating Governments for the new step which they have taken in furtherance of their friendly activities for the solution of the territorial dispute and it accepts the proposal which the representatives of the mediating Governments have made simultaneously and jointly to the Foreign Offices of Ecuador and Peru.
It is convinced that the withdrawal of troops is going to be immediate and with this assurance it gives the acceptance referred to.
The Ecuadoran Government is confident that if in the withdrawal any difficulty should arise between the parties with respect to the status quo positions or any other point the mediators will find a means to solve it and that the parties will not lack the presence of the neutral observers during the carrying out of the withdrawal.
The Government of Ecuador likewise is confident that a brief period will be established for the opening of the conferences which are to be held at Buenos Aires with the cooperation of the mediating Governments.”
Repeated to the Department.