817.00/4741: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Salvador (Caffery)
14. The following telegram has just been received from the Minister in Nicaragua:
[Here follows en clair the text of telegram No. 117, April 30, 1927, noon.]
You may say informally to the Foreign Minister that Colonel Stimson has gone to Nicaragua as the President’s personal representative to investigate the situation, to make a report to the Government of the United States, and to use his influence in any proper way to aid in bringing about a peaceful solution of present difficulties in Nicaragua. Accordingly, the Government of Nicaragua and the representatives of the revolutionists have taken this occasion to attend a peace conference [Page 334] in Managua while Colonel Stimson is there. It is the hope of the Department that a way will be found to arrange a peace by means of a friendly agreement at this conference.
The time which Colonel Stimson can take from his private affairs is limited. Consequently, anything which can delay the peace negotiations will render it impossible for him to remain until the conference closes.
Although the Department of State appreciates the high motives which inspired the Foreign Minister of Salvador to suggest that the Governments of the Central American Republics exercise their good offices in cooperation with Colonel Stimson, nevertheless, it feels that the introduction of any riew element into the negotiations at the present time would have a tendency to complicate the situation rather than aid in a rapid settlement of the Nicaraguan question. Discreetly and tactfully point out to Mr. Guerrero that if action of his Government should prevent or postpone the conclusion of an agreement between the contending factions in Nicaragua, the responsibility for such a result must rest with him.