817.1051/268: Telegram

The Minister in Nicaragua (Eberhardt) to the Secretary of State

68. The President this morning advised me that funds necessary for minimum strength of guardia as provided in amended bill are included in budget ready to be presented to Congress, and that additional funds necessary during the year will be supplied by him out of the surplus.

I reminded him that new guardia bill did not become effective until agreed to by the United States. He told me that he would act in accordance with that theory, but maintained that technically the new agreement was law as soon as published.

He intimated that he would like to be informed of the Department’s attitude regarding the amended bill. The President stated that no official copies of the law had been prepared yet pending minor corrections in the text.

Eberhardt