815.00/2286: Telegram
The Minister in Honduras (Morales) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:15 p.m.]
13. The following sent to American Legation Managua:
“January 28, 10 p.m. Urgent. The President of Honduras informs me that about four hundred Honduranean political refugees are gathered on the Nicaraguan-Honduranean frontier in the Department of Chinandega near San Pedro, Cinco Pinos and other villages preparing to invade Honduras. It would appear that the commandant of Chinandega, Colonel Tijerino, is aiding these revolutionists.
If you find basis for this report I suggest that you urge the President of Nicaragua to take energetic steps to capture and reconcentrate these refugees”.
This telegram sent at the request of the President of Honduras who has requested that Department be informed of situation trusting that representations may be made to Chamorro2 to take measures against these refugees.
- Diego M. Chamorro, President of Nicaragua.↩