Foreign Relations of the United States, 1946, The American Republics, Volume XI

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Memorandum of Conversation, by the Assistant Chief of the Division of Caribbean and Central American Affairs (Newbegin)

[Washington,] March 1, 1946.

Participants:	Dr. Don Guillermo Sevilla Sacasa, Ambassador of Nicaragua
	Don Alberto Sevilla Sacasa, Secretary of Nicaraguan Embassy
	Mr. Braden, Assistant Secretary of State
	Mr. Newbegin, Assistant Chief, Division of Caribbean and Central American Affairs

The Ambassador called to inform Mr. Braden that he had received a letter from President Somoza in which the latter instructed him to call on Mr. Braden to inform him that President Somoza had read the Blue Book. The Ambassador continued that President Somoza, who reads English well, had read the book with a great deal of care and was tremendously impressed with its contents. He characterized the Book as brilliant and wished to inform Mr. Braden that he and his Government were in entire accord with its conclusions and that Mr. Braden could rely on Nicaraguan support. Mr. Braden expressed his appreciation while emphasizing the point that the Book was not “brilliant” but that it was the result of much detailed and hard work and was, of course, entirely accurate.

The Ambassador stated that while the Nicaraguan views had been transmitted to Ambassador Warren, the President was particularly anxious to have his views conveyed directly to Mr. Braden.