File No. 2491/40.
The Acting Secretary of State to the Costa Rican Minister on Special Mission.
Washington, December 1, 1908.
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 21st ultimo, in which, referring to the department’s note [Page 776] of December 19, 1907, you request the use of the good offices of this Government to bring about a settlement of the boundary dispute between Costa Rica and Panama.
In reply I have the honor to say that the Government of the United States is anxious that the boundary dispute between Costa Rica and Panama may be satisfactorily and speedily settled, and it will cheerfully extend its impartial good offices and mediation in order to facilitate the adjustment of the controversy.
The department notes with pleasure the statement in your excellency’s note to the effect that the attitude of the United States has met with the approval of your Government.
Accept, etc.,