740.0011 European War 1939/1264: Telegram
The Chargé in Peru (Dreyfus) to the Secretary of State
Lima, December
19, 1939—6 p.m.
[Received 7:17 p.m.]
[Received 7:17 p.m.]
106. Minister of Foreign Affairs has telegraphed the Peruvian diplomatic representatives in Uruguay and Brazil to ascertain if those countries have approved the Argentine draft. The Minister for Foreign Affairs personally favors internment of belligerent vessels instead of action suggested in last paragraph of Argentina draft. A definite reply has been promised by the Minister for Foreign Affairs as soon as he hears from Montevideo and Rio de Janeiro.
Dreyfus