715.1715/1417: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Representative of the President (Corrigan)
31. Your telegram 38, April 16, 2 p.m. It has been our understanding that it was the intention of Dr. Zúñiga Montúfar to arrange an informal meeting of the Commission, without the presence of the representatives of the disputant parties, primarily for the purpose of deciding on the most suitable procedure to obtain the agreement of the Government of Honduras to the carrying out of aerial photographic surveys. It was also understood that the meeting was intended to prepare the ground for visits by members of the Commission to Tegucigalpa and possibly Managua.
The necessity for the presence at this time of representatives of Honduras and Nicaragua is not apparent. On the contrary it is believed that the calling of “plenary sessions” in the absence of a very definite understanding with regard to the program to be followed would only result in confusion and might tend to impede the course of the mediation.
[Page 160]While it is not desired to take a categorical stand on this question, it is suggested that you may consider it desirable to communicate informally with Dr. Zúñiga Montúfar in the sense of the foregoing observations.