715.1715/740a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Honduras (Erwin)42
36. Your 88, October 16, 5 p.m. Please seek an early interview with the Minister for Foreign Affairs and make the following oral statement to him:
“This Government is deeply gratified at the decision of the Honduran Government to accept the good offices of third countries in connection with pending questions with Nicaragua.
“Nicaragua has likewise submitted a panel of three governments of South America and three governments of Central America whose good offices it would be prepared to accept.
“This Government inquires whether the Government of Costa Rica would be acceptable to the Government of Honduras as regards the selection of a Central American government. Upon confirmation of the acceptability of the good offices of Costa Rica to both Honduras and Nicaragua, this Government is prepared promptly to inquire of the Costa Rica Government whether it is disposed to join in the contemplated discussions.
“As regards the selection of a South American country no basis of agreement is found in the panels submitted by the two governments. Accordingly this Government ventures to suggest that agreement be given to the selection of Venezuela, which was named by neither government in the panels submitted. The same suggestion is being communicated to the Government of Nicaragua.”
Please cable promptly the results of your interview with the Minister for Foreign Affairs.
- The same, mutatis mutandis, October 18, 7 p.m., to the Chargé in Nicaragua, as telegram No. 69.↩