824.00/3132: Telegram
The Ambassador in Brazil (Caffery) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3:41 p.m.]
1812. For Duggan. My telegram 1809 of May 17, 4 p.m. The Peruvian Ambassador81 expressed to me last evening his alleged concern in connection with the article about Bonsal. I made an appropriate reply and told him that I had telegraphed in this connection to the Department of State. He asked me to let him know what the Department says in reply.
He spoke to me also in relation to his alleged concern about the presence of Warren in Bolivia. I again made an appropriate reply.
It is, of course, possible that he has been egged on in both cases by Aranha, who continues to make, no matter what I say, derogatory alarmist allegations; among others, “You want me to help about the air bases; you want me to help in the Peruvian-Ecuadoran boundary matter; you want me to follow you in re Argentina and Bolivia; and yet you forget me and leave me out in the cold and step out on your own, and expect me to like it.”
I again feel that I must let you know this, unpalatable as it may be.
He is threatening to send his Ambassador back to La Paz.
Also, he went so far the day before yesterday as to tell part of his story to the New York Times representative here but the Brazilian censor will not let the story go out.
- Jorge Prado, Peruvian Ambassador in Brazil.↩