Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President, Transmitted to Congress, December 4, 1893

Mr. Baker to Mr. Gresham.

Legation of the United States,
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, and Salvador,
Managua, September 1, 1893. (Received September 23.)

No. 83.]

Sir: In obedience to instructions contained in your official dispatch No. 28, dated July 14, in reference to the boundary dispute between Costa Rica and Colombia, I have, after examining the files upon the subject in my office, opened correspondence with the Government of Costa Rica. I have given faithful expression to the views embodied in your dispatch.

I am, etc.,

Lewis Baker.