723.2515/3286: Telegram
The Ambassador in Peru (Moore) to the Secretary of State
[Paraphrase]
Lima, March 12, 1929—7
p.m.
[Received 9:15 p.m.]
[Received 9:15 p.m.]
30. I saw President Leguia today. He stated that he would meet the Chilean Ambassador tomorrow at 5 p.m. and would inform him that if Chile could guarantee the erection of a proper port at the place suggested in their proposal and at the figure named ($3,500,000) he would accept the proposition. President Leguia said that he would also tell the Chilean Ambassador at the same time that the American engineers had said that a port at that location was impossible. President Leguia will ask for the plans of the Chilean engineers.
Moore