723.2515/2056: Telegram
The Consul at Arica (Von Tresckow) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9 a.m.]
From Lassiter. The indications are that Peru will not participate in the registration which starts tomorrow. Now that Peru has accepted our good offices, she looks to us to protect her. Unless a postponement is ordered at once a most difficult situation will arise, as one party will not be represented in the registration. Please arrange to have the Chilean and Peruvian members of the Commission notified by tonight to join with me in unanimous motion to postpone registration for 30 days.35 Lassiter.
- On Mar. 26, 1 p.m., the Department telegraphed General Lassiter that it was impossible to get word from Chile and Peru in time to advise him finally about suspension of plebiscitary proceedings and suggested that he arrange for adjournments from day to day. (File No. 723.2515/2058.)↩