File No. 715.1715/45
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Nicaragua ( Jefferson )
Honduran Minister informed Department this morning that Nicaraguan troops had crossed the Honduran frontier.
Cable Department immediately whether this information is correct.
Your August 12, 4 p.m. Should you find the information to be correct, you may state to President Chamorro that this Government is disagreeably impressed to learn of such unexpected action if sanctioned by him. This Government is all the more disappointed because of Chamorro’s statement to you that he proposed to make another effort to settle the boundary question through the good offices of this Department.
You are directed to again use your most tactful efforts to prevail upon President Chamorro to order the withdrawal of his men from the disputed region pending some satisfactory amicable settlement. You may state that the cause for which the United States and Nicaragua are battling would be seriously jeopardized should any disturbance occur in Central America which disturbance might be taken advantage of by the enemy.