Office of the Historian

817.01/4–3048: Circular telegram

The Secretary of State to American Diplomatic Officers in the American Republics Except Nicaragua 1

Washington, April 30, 1948—2 a. m.

In view of resolution ninth International Conference of American States at Bogotá concerning desirability of continuity of diplomatic relations among American republics US Govt contemplates appointing an Ambassador to Nicaragua in near future.

Please communicate this information to govt to which you are accredited.2

Marshall
  1. Repeated to the Embassy in Nicaragua for information only.↩
  2. In Note No. 368 of May 5, 1948, not printed, the Embassy in Nicaragua advised the Foreign Office of official recognition and requested approval for the appointment as Ambassador of George P. Shaw; the Chargé informed the Department in despatches 229 and 230 of May 6, not printed, that the mission’s request for an agrément had been granted. For Department of State press release of May 6, “United States prepared to resume diplomatic relations with Nicaragua”, see Department of State Bulletin, May 30, 1948, p. 716.↩