717.2114/74: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Nicaragua ( Eberhardt )
187. Your 347, September 19, 2 p.m. At the press conference this afternoon the Secretary said:
“The Department of State was consulted by both parties to the treaty and expressed the opinion to both that the proposed treaty appeared [Page 706] to offer a very satisfactory and equitable solution of this controversy and the Department therefore hoped that the treaty would receive the approval of the respective Governments.”
Copies of the treaty and the notes exchanged with the Colombian Minister on April 10 were given to the correspondents following the conference. You may give out the same statement in Managua if you desire to do so, and you are authorized to say orally in addition that the United States has no intention of acquiring the islands for itself.