Original sentence: According to the terms of the treaty that handed that territory to Chile, Peru had to agree to any proposal of transferring that land to a third party.Chile refused this proposal and talks with Bolivia ended.Diplomatic relations were once again brozen in 1978.Peru refused to accept the Pinochet proposal and instead created its own counter-proposal, which declared Arica and its waters an area of joint-sovereignty between the three nations.The Chilean president, Augusto Pinochet, offered a narrow outlet just north of the port of Arica, on the border with Peru, on lands that had previously belonged to that country
Edited sentence: After all, an access to the sea was around the corner, he said; why spoil the negotiations by changing governments now.Banzer must have known this, but used the possibility of achieving the long-held Bolivian dream as an excuse to not call elections.He continued the back-and-forth with Chile, at least publicly, until 1978, when he had already decided to restore the democratic order, and then again broke relations with Santiago.He could have done so as early as late 1975, when, for all purposes, all progress stalled in the talks.It was merely a clever ploy designed to drive a wedge between Bolivia and Peru, Chile's historic adversaries to the north, for Pinochet never really intended to cede territory to Bolivia.Peru, of course, would never accept such a solution.The Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet, offered a narrow outlet just north of the port of Arica, on the border with Peru, on lands that had previously belonged to that country and which continued to be claimed by Lima