The Secretary of State to the American Chargé d’Affaires.
In response to your telegram of December 21 you are instructed to express to President Diaz the department’s intense gratification upon noting the spirit of confidence in the good faith of the United States which he displays in his proposal, which implicates recognition by President Diaz of this Government’s benevolent and sympathetic attitude toward Nicaragua and the other Central American Republics. The suggestions made by President Diaz involve, however, matters of such great importance that the Department will not be able to make any expression whatever in relation to them until after deep and careful consideration.