818.00/4–1548: Telegram
The Ambassador in Costa Rica (Davis) to the Secretary of State
secret
San José, April 15,
1948—11 p. m.
158. Together with Nuncio accompanied Father Nuñez to Figueres lines 8:30 p. m., he will endeavor obtain agreement Figueres additional 24 hours truce expire 5 a. m. April 17. Also carrying suggestions Mora re Cabinet. He will return 9 a. m. April 16 and if efforts not fruitful Diplomatic Corps will terminate its efforts.
[Page 516]Meanwhile attempting through Embassy Managua verify reports re renewed Nicaraguan participation. City heavily guarded Mariachis1 situation tense.
Davis
- Irregular troops, composed of groups of Calderon–Vanguardia supporters who had been recruited and brought into the city from coastal regions, to augment the regular police forces of the Government.↩