817.00/6029: Telegram
The Minister in Nicaragua (Eberhardt) to the Secretary of State
[Received 3:53 p.m.]
362. The following telegram was sent to the Legation, San Jose:
Information has reached us from two separate sources that … is preparing to invade Nicaragua from Costa Rica about the end of this month. One report states that he has a force of about 80 men at Paris Mina and that he is preparing to attack San Carlos presumably by way of the San Juan River. The other, coming from El Cairo farm between Siquierres and La Estrella, indicates that he has been enlisting laborers on farms in that vicinity but that he plans to invade Nicaragua by way of the west coast. The United Fruit Company could perhaps furnish information regarding his whereabouts, Any information which you can obtain or any steps which can be taken to check … activities would be very helpful.