817.011/56: Telegram
The Chargé in Nicaragua (Beaulac) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:45 p.m.]
27. My 25, February 12, 3 p.m. It now appears that the Liberal Grand Convention was prevented from expressing disapproval of the mission to Washington by the hurried departures of the administration element which destroyed the quorum. President Moncada has told me that if the Department disapproves of his object to reform the Constitution he would abandon it. He is now consulting with members of Congress and it is generally reported that he is planning the convocation of a Constituent Assembly in the near future in the event the mission to Washington is successful. While few people believe that the President’s representatives will receive any encouragement in Washington there is real fear that the President’s plan if it continues to gain headway may result in the illegal convocation of Constituent Assembly which might endeavor to continue President Moncada in power for 2 or more years.