823.00/253: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Consul General at Callao-Lima ( Handley )

Your July 4, 3 p.m.4

Department at a loss to understand how your private interview with Leguia came about. Did you call upon him? You are instructed to ascertain from American Minister the attitude of this Government toward recent events in Peru and be governed accordingly.

Polk
  1. Ante, p. 721.