The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Honduras ( Curtis )
The Honduran Minister has informed the Department that Nicaraguan troops have again crossed the Honduran boundary. Cable Department truth of this information.
Department has wired Legation at Managua, should this information be correct, to use its best efforts to secure the withdrawal of Nicaraguan troops pending an amicable settlement of the boundary [Page 31] question, Should the information be correct, you may inform the Honduran Government that the Department has taken this action and intimate to the Government that the Department hopes a crisis will not be participated [sic] by the sending of Honduran troops to the disputed territory.