Letter
Frelinghuysen to Henry Trescot, February 4, 1882
No. 46. Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Trescot.
[Telegram.]
Department of State, Washington, February 4, 1882.
On the 4th of February, 1882, Mr. Frelinghuysen instructed Mr. Trescot by telegram, received by the latter February 6, that the United States only proposed to give counsel and aid to Chili in any negotiations which that country might desire to make; that Chili must herself determine whether or not she would accept such aid, but that in no event would the United States take part in negotiations based upon the surrender of Tarapacá, and a further indemnity of twenty millions, as such a demand is considered exorbitant. The opportunity had arrived for Chili to show herself just and magnanimous.
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U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress, With the Annual Message of the P.