File No. 818.00/446
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Nicaragua ( Jefferson)
Your May 30, 4 p.m. Express to President Chamorro the sincere appreciation that is felt by the Government of the United States for the frank and open expression of friendship and cooperation with the Government of the United States that he has evinced. President Chamorro’s suggestion that ships should entirely cease calling at Costa Rican ports is receiving very serious consideration. You may inform the President that the Government of the United States, in readjusting the allotment of ships to be used in the Central American trade, has already taken the position that no Government shall receive more favorable treatment and sympathetic consideration than will be accorded the Government of Nicaragua.
While deeply regretting the unhappy conditions which at present obtain in the Republic of Costa Rica, and which undoubtedly are most distressing and harassing to the Republic of Nicaragua, the Government of the United States can not but feel that all possible patience and forbearance should be exercised at this time, particularly so in view of the possible dangers and complications which any other attitude might lead to.