File No. 818.00/251
The Secretary of State to Minister Ewing
Washington, November 22, 1917.
Sir: The Department has received your No. 535, of October 8, transmitting a copy of your note in which you inform the Honduran Government that the Government of the United States would not regard the recognition by Honduras of General Tinoco’s Government of Costa Rica as a friendly act, and a copy of the reply of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, explaining the recognition of the Tinoco Government by Honduras.
In reply you are instructed to acknowledge the receipt of the note of the Minister of Foreign Affairs stating that the Government of the United States has taken careful note of the position assumed by Honduras in regard to its recognition of the Government of Tinoco in Costa Rica, and thanking the Honduran Government for its expressions of friendship for the United States, which are reciprocated.
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