817.00/8340: Telegram
The Chargé in Nicaragua (Warren) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 7—9:40 a.m.]
123. Referring to the Legation’s telegram No. 122, December 5, noon,91 I have ascertained from a reliable source this evening that S. Emiliano Chamorro has been acting as intermediary between President and Federico Sacasa and General Somoza. Chamorro has said that an agreement has been reached between the three elements; that a constituyente to be called as soon as the new Congress meets on December 15th will extend the term of President Sacasa for 2 years and remove the disabilities to General Somoza’s being elected after that period; that in return for the Conservative support General Chamorro [Page 887] is assured Conservative representation in the House and Senate on the basis of the last congressional election. According to my informant Chamorro does not expect any trouble until December 24th or 31st and then only in the event that the constituyente fails to extend the President’s term or to remove the Somoza disabilities. Chamorro is also afraid that Somoza will not keep the tripartite agreement. In that event there would be trouble. If the Sacasas, Somoza, and Chamorro can put through their agreement, the latter believes that bloodshed will have been avoided. This telegram was written after despatch No. 1183 of today.92