717.2114/39
The Chargé in Nicaragua ( Thurston ) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 8.]
Sir: I have the honor to refer to the Department’s instruction number 212, dated March 21, 1925, concerning the controversy between Nicaragua and Colombia with respect to the ownership of the San Andrés Archipelago, and to report that the note of March 21, 1925, from the Secretary of State which accompanied it was delivered to the Nicaraguan Minister of Foreign Affairs on April 14, 1925.
The Minister, Dr. Urtecho, appeared to be greatly disappointed by Mr. Kellogg’s note, and indicated an unwillingness to discuss the desirability of terminating the controversy by accepting the proposal made by Colombia.
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I have [etc.]