817.041/12: Telegram
The Chargé in Nicaragua ( Munro ) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 16—9:41 a.m.]
244. Department’s September 14[4] 6 p.m. The situation with regard to the appellate courts is unchallenged [sic]. In Leon the court has been reorganized and the judges removed by Chamorro have taken office but the Executive power refuses to recognize them or pay their salaries. The court, therefore, is not functioning. It is difficult to obtain information from Bluefields but apparently the court there has not been recognized and its decisions are, therefore, not accepted as valid by the Supreme Court. The deadlock in both cases will apparently continue until the Department takes some further action.
I shall telegraph more fully on this subject within a few days after I have had an opportunity to discuss it with the persons concerned. Yesterday and today have been national holidays.