715.1715/396: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Nicaragua (Hanna)
135. Your 157, November 21, 11 a.m. Please seek earliest opportunity to confer with President Moncada and informally state that the Department regrets, in view of the antecedents in the case, that any suggestion of further delay in the signing of the Nicaragua-Honduras boundary protocol should arise, and the Department sincerely hopes that he may see his way clear to have the protocol as already agreed upon signed in Managua at an early date.
The Department feels that the recent actions of the Government of Honduras, especially as mentioned in your telegram No. 158, November 22, 11 a.m., indicate the favorable attitude of that Government.
[Paraphrase.] The following is confidential. The Department appreciates the political difficulties which face the President and it hopes that you may be successful in minimizing opposition by Conservative leaders. The Department further hopes that the President himself will be able to avert opposition within his own party. [End paraphrase.]
Your actions as outlined in the second paragraph of your telegram are approved and you should continue negotiations along the same lines.
Please repeat this message to the Legation at Tegucigalpa as No. 83 for its information.