723.2515/694a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Peru (Gonzales)
82. The Department is informed by the War Department that the Military Attaché attached to the Embassy96 proceeded in accordance with your instructions to northern Chile and there communicated to the Chief of Staff of the Chilean army the number of men mobilized by Peru in the Southern Department and stated to him that upon your advice no warlike preparations were being made by Peru outside of the regular program agreed upon a year ago. The Military Attaché informed the War Department that the President of Peru has approved his action.
Please cable at once full report, advising Department what instructions, if any, were given by you to the Military Attaché, and relating extent of information conveyed by him to Chilean officers.
- Lt Col. Frank L. Case.↩