Office of the Historian

815.00/2145: Telegram

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

Washington, January 13, 1920—5 p.m.

6. Supplementing Department’s January 9, 3 p.m.5

Two telegrams received today from Tegucigalpa6 indicating growing concern in Honduras at reported revolutionary activity permitted by Nicaraguan authorities under pretext that they are incidents arising out of the boundary dispute. You are instructed to bring to the attention of the Nicaraguan Government that reports of this nature are being circulated in Honduras and to urge that Government to take the necessary measures to prevent its territory from being used as a base for revolutionary activities against a friendly Government.

Lansing
  1. Not printed.↩
  2. Refers to the two telegrams, supra: these were received late on a Saturday, Jan. 10, and were not delivered within the Department until Jan. 12. The Secretary’s telegram was drafted on Jan. 12, but was not sent until Jan. 13.↩