715.1715/1248a: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Venezuela ( Gonzalez )
35. From the Under Secretary. Please call on Dr. Gil-Borges and on my behalf convey to him the suggestion that it would be very useful, for Dr. Rodriguez, the Venezuelan delegate to the Mediation Commission at San José, to come to Washington to examine, in company with the Costa Rican Minister here and Dr. Corrigan, our representative on the Commission, various studies and data that are being compiled bearing upon the boundary dispute between Nicaragua and Honduras. It is my hope that out of this examination there may emerge some proposal for a definitive settlement of the boundary dispute which might then be submitted to the governments of Nicaragua and Honduras.
Inasmuch as the Costa Rican Minister has urgent business that will require his return for a short time to Costa Rica, please endeavor to ascertain from Dr. Gil-Borges his reaction to my suggestion and, if favorable, when Dr. Rodriguez may be expected to arrive in Washington. It would be extremely helpful to the Costa Rican Minister in making his plans if I could have a telegraphic reply from you by Thursday.