423.11 L 23/325: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain ( Harvey )

383. The United States has concluded a protocol with Peru for the settlement of the so-called Landreau claim of this Government against Peru. The protocol provides that one arbitrator shall be named by the United States and one by Peru and these arbitrators shall select a third who shall be a national of Denmark, Great Britain or Netherlands. The language of the proceedings shall be Spanish or English. Immediately endeavor discreetly to obtain information regarding availability of a British subject possessing proper qualifications for position of arbitrator and telegraph such information for Department’s use in making suggestions. Repeat, mutatis mutandis, Copenhagen, number 32, The Hague, 45 …

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