817.00/5268: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Cuba ( Judah )
26. For Francis White.6 The Department has just received the following telegram from the Chargé in Nicaragua:
“Certain personal adherents of Cuadra Pasos are among the Conservative Deputies opposing the electoral law. Cuadra Pasos could control them if he desired to do so. It is my suggestion that Cuadra Pasos be approached immediately in Habana and requested to cable these Deputies to change their attitude. It is my understanding that Cuadra Pasos has cabled already and advised that consideration of the law be delayed. While the intention of Cuadra Pasos in suggesting this was no doubt good, he should understand the importance of avoiding any further delay and also the extreme seriousness of the present situation in Nicaragua.”
The Senate has passed the electoral law, but the House is opposing it vigorously. The Chargé in Nicaragua feels that the law may not be passed without amendments unacceptable to the Department although he thinks that President Diaz is using his best efforts to have the law passed as submitted. The intention of the Deputies appears to be to try to force the consent of the Government of the United States to the holding of a constituent assembly.
- Assistant Secretary of State, then attending the Sixth International Conference of American States. The Conference was held at Habana from January 16 to February 20, 1928; see vol. i, pp. 527 ff.↩