London, July 5.
Captain Alan Crosland Graham, Conservative member for the Wirral division of Cheshire, asked the Government in the House of Commons today to raise the British diplomatic representative at Lima to the status of an Ambassador, as other Powers had, in view of the increasing importance of Peru.
Mr. R. A. Butler, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, replied that the question could not be considered in isolation, The establishment of an Embassy in Lima would bring up the question of similar measures in a number of other countries, and Lord Halifax (the Foreign Secretary) was at present npt convinced that it was advisable to extend the number of Embassies—
Reuter.
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