Canadian Ambassador Anthony Vincent, left, reads a document as Peru's Foreign Ministry troubleshooter Armando Lecaros looks on outside the residence of Japan's Ambassador Friday, December 20, 1996. They announced that they had secured the approval of the Peruvian government to deliver water, food, medicine and 16 portable toilets to the residence where leftist guerrillas have held 375 diplomats and other dignitaries hostage since Tuesday night.