Franklin Roosevelt actually said...

I am greatly encouraged that the Governments of Colombia, Ecuador and Peru give this convincing demonstration that they share our belief that such boundary disputes are eminently susceptible of pacific and friendly settlement.

Context

Statement on the President's Agreement to Arbitrate the Peru-Ecuador Boundary Dispute

02/05/1934

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