715.1715/670: Telegram
The Chargé in Nicaragua (Castleman) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 6—1:20 a.m.]
130. Department’s 62, October 1, 7 p.m.33 Foreign Minister states Nicaragua appreciates communication and continues in the same good will toward seeking a peaceful solution, but unfortunately the conduct of the Honduran Government toward certain Nicaraguan Consuls and toward the persons and goods of Nicaraguans resident in Honduras renders impossible any direct conference between the two countries either by themselves to seek out peaceful solutions or jointly to solicit the good offices of other countries, and, for this reason, Nicaragua considers herself the desirability of expressing by herself the satisfaction with which she would see the United States, alone or associated with other countries, extend her good offices for the solution of the case.
My comment: The Nicaraguan Government has at last abandoned its former attitude of regarding the case more as a vexation and on account of the continued reports of the persecution of Nicaraguans in Honduras is now genuinely angry. I consider the situation here as now more serious than at any time during the affair.
Repeated to Tegucigalpa.