723.2515/2293: Telegram
The Ambassador in Peru (Poindexter) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3 p.m.]
58. I have received a memorandum dated May 13, 1926, from President Leguía which states that, having been advised by me of your proposal to make use under your good offices of the offer made by Peru to Bolivia of access to the sea as the formula you propose to use to accomplish your purpose, the President, in his desire to cooperate with you as he has in the past and in spite of pain Peru must feel by an arrangement which involves the mutilation of one of the provinces, will authorize the Peruvian Ambassador in the United States to accept the following points as a basis of discussion:
- 1.
- The Secretary of State of the United States having submitted his formula for negotiation, Peru ratifies promise made to Bolivia to grant her in the plebiscitary territory a corridor to the sea;
- 2.
- Chile shall be allotted the territory south of the corridor;
- 3.
- Peru shall be allotted the territory north of the corridor.
Memorandum concludes with the statement that as the Peruvian Ambassador knows what has passed between Peru and Bolivia on this matter, he can undoubtedly discuss it with you in connection with the Foreign Office.