723.2515/3474
The Ambassador in Chile (Culbertson) to the Secretary of State
Santiago, July 8, 1929.
[Received July
31.]
No. 225Sir: Referring to my despatch No. 218 of July 1, 1929,49 I have the honor to transmit
herewith the Spanish text of the Protocol of the Tacna-Arica Treaty
between Chile and Peru. Until released by the Governments this Protocol
should be held strictly confidential.
I have [etc.]
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[Enclosure—Translation50]
Additional Protocol to the Tacna-Arica Treaty
Between Chile and Peru
The Governments of Chile and Peru have agreed to sign an additional
Protocol of the Treaty which is signed on this day and their
respective Plenipotentiaries, duly authorized thereto, have in
effect agreed on the following:
- Article 1.—The Governments of
Chile and Peru shall not, without a previous agreement
between them, cede to a third Power all or part of the
territories which in accordance with the Treaty of this same
date are under their respective sovereignties, neither shall
they, without that requisite, build across them any new
international railway.
- Article 2.—The harbor facilities
which the Treaty in its Article Five accords to Peru shall
consist in the most absolutely free transit of persons,
merchandise and armament to the Peruvian territory and from
that territory across the Chilean territory. The shipping
and landing operations shall, during the construction and
until the completion of the works referred to in Article
Five of the Treaty, take place on the Arica-La Paz railway
pier, which is reserved for the service of the Arica-Tacna
Railway.
- Article 3.—The Arica Morro shall
be dismantled and the Government of Chile will erect at its
own expense the monument agreed to in Article Eleven of the
Treaty.
The present Protocol forms an integral part of the Treaty of this
same date and consequently shall be ratified and its ratifications
shall be exchanged at Santiago de Chile as soon as possible.
In faith whereof the undersigned Plenipotentiaries sign and seal the
present additional Protocol in duplicate at Lima on the third day of
the month of June one thousand, nine hundred and twenty-nine.
E. Figueroa
[
seal]
Pedro José Rada y Gamio
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seal]
