File No. 6775/154.

The Acting Secretary of State to the Costa Rican Minister.

No. 71.]

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 15th instant, informing the department that the selection of the Bureau of the American Republics as the place for the conference to adjust whatever differences may exist or arise among the five Central American Republics, and to define their general relations, is most agreeable to your Government.

You also state that yourself and Señor Don Luis Anderson, minister of foreign relations of Costa Rica, will represent Costa Rica at the conference.

Accept, etc.,

Robert Bacon.