File No. 817.51/1011
The Chargé d’Affaires of Nicaragua to the Secretary of State
Washington, October 5, 1917.
Most Excellent Mr. Secretary of State: I have the honor to inform you that I have received instructions from General Chamorro, President of Nicaragua, to apply to your excellency’s Government [Page 1142] for the immediate payment of the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars on account of the proceeds of the Canal Treaty between Nicaragua and the United States, which proceeds are now deposited in this country to your excellency’s order. I therefore beg your excellency to deign to direct appropriate measures for the earliest possible payment of the said sum of twenty-five thousand dollars which shall be applied to the payment of arrears of salaries due to members of the Congress of Nicaragua, as agreed upon by the two Governments.
I thank you in advance and avail myself of the opportunity [etc.]