Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1936, The American Republics, Volume V

810.154/912

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

No. 41

Managua, April 17, 1936.
[Received April 22.]

Sir: Referring to my despatch No. 30 of April 7, 1936, in response to the Department’s Instruction No. 8 of March 31, 1936¹² (File No. 810.154/891), in regard to the donation of a second bridge to Nicaragua along the route of the Inter-American Highway, I have the honor to enclose a copy and translation of Note No. 43/36 of April 15, 1936, from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,¹³ confirming the desire of Nicaragua to have as a second choice the construction of a bridge over the Estelí River. This written confirmation follows the oral statement to that effect which was reported in the next to the last paragraph of the despatch mentioned above.

Respectfully yours,

Boaz Long

12. Latter not printed, but see instruction No. 95, April 4, to the Minister in Honduras, p. 155.
13. Not printed.