715.1715/10–1244: Airgram
The Ambassador in Nicaragua ( Stewart ) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 18—5 p.m.]
A–428. In compliance with the Department’s telegraphic instruction no. 402 of September 27, 4 p.m., I talked with President Somoza concerning the boundary situation, and he repeated what he had said to Bonsal and me last June (see despatch no. 2316 of June 12, 194423). He stated that he and Carías were on friendly terms at present and thought that this was a very good time to endeavor to settle question. He said that he would be willing to talk with Carías in Tegucigalpa, but remarked that some “spade work” would have to be done first in persuading him that if Nicaragua would agree to relinquish its claims to the Aguan and the Patuca, the crest of the mountain line west from Cruta would be an advantageous settlement for Honduras. He said that the best solution would be the creation of a Central American Union.
I expect to pursue the matter further.