715.1715/1223: Telegram

The Assistant to the Special Representative of the President ( Ocheltree ) to the Secretary of State

71. As reported in my telegram No. 68, June 3, the Mediation Commission met in formal session on June 2 and on the basis of notes from the American representative resolved to postpone the reconvening of the plenary sessions. This action was communicated to the Nicaraguan delegate at San José and to the Secretary of Foreign Relations at Tegucigalpa. Might not this procedure be used in an endeavor to secure agreement to an extension of the period for non-purchase of war materials which expires on June 10?

Dr. Rodriguez is not leaving San José until June 13 and Dr. Cordero Reyes will remain until the end of the week.

Ocheltree