Editorial Note
For a summary account of activities of the Committee of Information in Costa Rica, December 17–20, and Nicaragua, December 20–22; a meeting of the Committee with the Council Chairman and Pan American Union officials on December 23 in Washington; a meeting of the COAS on December 24 together with the report (translation) of the Committee of Information, and the resolution (translation) adopted on December 24 by the Provisional Organ of Consultation after discussing the Committee’s conclusions; information on the appointment of a Committee of Military Experts, directed by the Provisional Organ to proceed to Costa Rica and Nicaragua for the purpose of “contributing to the effective fulfillment of the resolution adopted on this date”, and their final report of January 31; and information on termination of the incident and signature of the Pact of Amity, by Costa Rican and Nicaraguan representatives on February 21, 1949, see an article by W. Tapley Bennett, Jr., Adviser to the US Member of the Committee of Information (Daniels), entitled “The Costa Rica–Nicaragua Incident: Effective International Action in Keeping the Peace”, in Department of State Bulletin, June 5, 1949, pages 707 ff. For another review of the Costa Rica–Nicaragua incident, see an article by the Director, Office of American Republic Affairs (Daniels), Ambassador to the OAS, entitled “Influence of Inter-American Relations on U.S. Foreign Policy”, in the Bulletin, April 10, 1949, page 461. For additional information and documents on this subject, see Annals of the Organization of American States (Washington, PAU, 1949 and 1950) volume I, 1949, pages 143–144, and 204–206, and volume II, 1950, pages 21–22.