817.00/5419: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Nicaragua (Eberhardt)
43. Your 86 February 21, 11 a.m. Suggestions or movements looking to the selection of a coalition ticket or a single presidential candidate are matters in which the United States is in no way concerned either under the Tipitapa Agreement or otherwise. Any such arrangement would have to be made, if at all, by the political parties involved. The United States has no suggestion to make on that subject. You may deny categorically that the individuals mentioned [Page 470] in the first paragraph of your message have at any time expressed the views attributed to them. Please make our position clear to all concerned.