Office of the Historian

810.20 Defense/1806: Telegram

The Ambassador in Peru (Norweb) to the Secretary of State

Lima, December 21, 1941—11 p.m.
[Received December 22—1:09 a.m.]

705. For the Under Secretary. Department’s 540, December 21 [20], noon. In a conversation this afternoon Dr. Solf5 asked what additional protection we had in mind for Talara fearing that the suggested arrangement might provoke attacks. He was also disturbed at the prospects of Peru having to take a stand prior to the Rio Conference.6 However, I am hopeful that some satisfactory plan can be worked out fairly promptly although a Cabinet decision will be necessary.

Norweb
  1. Alfredo Solf y Muro, President of the Peruvian Council and Minister for Foreign Affairs.↩
  2. Third Meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the American Republics, held at Rio de Janeiro, January 15–28, 1942. For preliminary correspondence, see vol. vi, pp. 118 ff.↩