File No. 817.812/61.

The Secretary of State to the Minister of Nicaragua.

The Secretary of State of the United States of America presents his compliments to the Minister of Nicaragua and has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the memorandum of February 12 presented to the Department of State by the Minister in regard to the proposed canal treaty between the United States and Nicaragua, and to say that the substance of the memorandum has been communicated to the President.