715.1715/545: Telegram
The Chargé in Nicaragua (Castleman) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:11 p.m.]
95. Yesterday a decree was issued here prohibiting circulation of the Honduran map stamp in Nicaragua.
Somoza would heartily welcome a chance for a common withdrawal of the map stamps and thinks it had best be done by a quiet agreement between the two Governments, possibly little by little, and without publicity.
He says that Nicaraguan Foreign Office mail to the Nicaraguan Legation at Tegucigalpa is delivered there with the Honduran map stamp on it. He considers this probably the work of a subordinate, but not helpful.
The sticker was on all letters in today’s air mail from Honduras, which were sent back in accordance with decree mentioned above.
Repeated to Tegucigalpa.