710.11/12–2845
The Chargé in Peru (Trueblood) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 5, 1946.]
Sir: With reference to the Embassy’s telegram No. 1300 of December 27, 1 p.m.,73 concerning Peru’s reply to the Uruguayan note, I have the honor to report that the Uruguayan Ambassador, Dr. Enrique Buero, informed me today that following his last talk with Foreign Minister Correa there seems some prospect for a favorable reply, at least in principle, from the Peruvian Government. Dr. Buero said that the viewpoints expressed in the Department’s circular telegram of December 8, 8 a.m., and conveyed by me to Dr. Correa on December 10, had had considerable influence in swinging the Minister’s opinion around. Dr. Buero did not disguise his belief, however, that pressure from the APRA Party,74 which as the Embassy has reported, favors the proposal, has been particularly helpful in this connection. He stated that Minister of Finance Carlos Montero Bernales, following his return from Washington, had in a full meeting of the Cabinet expressed hearty approval of the Uruguayan proposal.
Dr. Buero also stated that the Peruvian Foreign Office has been influenced in its consideration of the Larreta Plan by the stand taken at the Pan American Conference of 1928 in Habana75 by the distinguished Peruvian international lawyer, Dr. Maurtua. Apparently on that occasion Dr. Maurtua presented a plan which bears some similarity to that now under consideration.76
Respectfully yours,
- Not printed.↩
- Partido del Pueblo.↩
- The Sixth International Conference of American States; for documentation, see Foreign Relations, 1928, vol. i, pp. 527 ff.↩
- In telegram 27, January 8, 1946, 1 p.m., from Lima, it was indicated that Peru wished to proceed cautiously, leaving the matter to the forthcoming inter-American conference at Bogotá (710.11/1–846).↩