715.1715/322: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Honduras (Summerlin)
62. Refer to telegram No. 226 of September 17, 7 p.m., from Managua. Please inform the President of Honduras that this Government is much concerned at the situation which has apparently been precipitated by the action of Honduras. The Government of the United States had confidently hoped that the Honduras-Nicaragua boundary question could be settled in the very near future in an atmosphere of cordiality and good will but it fears that the occupation by Honduras of territory which has long been held by Nicaragua, if indeed the fact of this occupation is confirmed, combined with the tone of the communications which have been addressed by the Honduran Government to the Nicaraguan Government, will make a satisfactory settlement far more difficult. It desires therefore that you should urge upon the President the importance of withdrawing from any territory hitherto held by Nicaragua as a preliminary to any further negotiations. Report by telegraph.