715.1715/529a Suppl.: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Nicaragua (Castleman)

53. Department’s no. 52, September 2, 6 p.m.23 Please seek an immediate interview with the proper authority including the President if you believe it appropriate and advisable, and state that the Honduran Government has assured the Department that no Honduran troops have been dispatched to the border and that the Honduran Government will agree not to move any troops if Nicaragua agrees likewise. You will please express the earnest hope of this Government that the Government of Nicaragua, in order to minimize the possibility of an armed clash, will find it possible to agree with the Honduran Government not to dispatch troops either to the section of the border already agreed upon or into the disputed territory.

If the Government of Nicaragua agrees to this proposition you will then suggest that it would seem desirable for the two Governments to confirm the arrangement directly, one to another, through their accredited diplomatic representatives. In this case advise the Legation at Tegucigalpa directly so that it may make a similar suggestion to the Honduran Government. Repeat to the Department your telegram to the Legation at Tegucigalpa.

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  1. This telegram transmitted to the Legation in Nicaragua for its “strictly confidential information and not for discussion with anyone” the text of telegram No. 19, September 2, 6 p.m., to the Chargé in Honduras, supra.