715.1715/1079: Telegram
The Special Representative of the President (Corrigan) to the Secretary of State
[Received 2:50 p.m.]
97. Referring to Department’s telegram No. 44, December 30, 3 p.m. As stated in numbered paragraph 2 of my telegram number 95, December 27, noon, all members of the Commission agreed between them not to visit Honduras and Nicaragua at this time. Consequently, I would be embarrassed should I myself visit those countries without prior consultation with my colleagues on the Commission.
With the following objective in mind, Ocheltree’s visits to Tegucigalpa and Managua were suggested: (1) to obtain through his established personal acquaintance with the Honduran and Nicaraguan delegates and his familiarity with the negotiations information usefully supplemental to that furnished by our Legations, (2) to broaden his knowledge of the Central American scene and thereby to increase his usefulness to the special mission. See air mail despatch No. 127, December 30.70
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