817.00/2629a: Telegram

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

11. You may take an early opportunity to inform President Chamorro that the Department is greatly surprised to learn that in his Message of December 15, he refers to the possibility of becoming candidate to succeed himself. The Department assumes that he desires to conform to the provisions of the Constitution and is convinced that these provisions absolutely forbid his candidacy at the forthcoming presidential elections. Any deviation from this strictly constitutional course would create a most unfortunate impression in the United States.

Polk