817.01/42: Telegram
The Chargé in Mexico ( Schoenfeld ) to the Secretary of State
[Received 6:12 p.m.]
14. My despatches No. 1323, January 8, and No. 1354, January 21.22 This morning I inquired of Señor Estrada, the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, as to the significance of the two press statements recently issued here regarding the relations of the Government of Mexico with the new Government of Nicaragua. Señor Estrada replied that it was the intention of the Government of Mexico not to resume diplomatic relations with the Nicaraguan Government until the forces of occupation were withdrawn. Señor Estrada stated that [Page 581] no such statement of course had been made by the Government of Mexico since it did not desire “to wound susceptibilities”, but that so long as the forces of occupation remained in Nicaragua the Government in Nicaragua could not be regarded as independent and the attitude of the Government of Mexico was therefore in conformity with its general policy in such situations.
- Neither printed.↩