File No. 417.00/240

The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Nicaragua ( Jefferson )

[Telegram]

Your February 7, 3 p.m. Lindberg’s reports of February 4 and February 9 just received.

Cable Department list of American creditors and names of those to whom awards have been made; also amounts of awards. Are these claimants ready to accept awards and waive all further rights against Nicaragua? Have they already done so; if not, is it planned that they sign waivers upon payment of awards? If waiver has been prepared, cable text as well as text of receipt.

Also cable brief report on American claims rejected and grounds for rejection.

Polk