816.01/408: Telegram
The Minister in Nicaragua (Lane) to the Secretary of State
[Received 5:23 p.m.]
29. My 28, January 25, 1 p.m. Following is translation of the text of the decree issued this morning according recognition to present Government of Salvador:
“The President of the Republic, Whereas
The aim of the General Treaty of Peace and Amity signed in Washington, February 7, 1923, was to maintain between the different sections of Central America normal and harmonious relations which it is of importance to reestablish; Whereas,
With this end in view he has agreed with the Presidents of Guatemala and Honduras to recognize the present Government of El Salvador, without this signifying for the three republics an abandonment or non-recognition of the force of the above-mentioned treaty, the provisions of which continue to be maintained in force so long as a new general treaty of peace may not have been concluded between the five republics of Central America; therefore decrees in Council of Ministries:
- 1.
- The Government of Nicaragua recognizes the Government in the Republic of El Salvador presided over by His Excellency General Don Maximiliano H. Martínez.
- 2.
- Maintains in force the General Treaty of Peace and Amity signed in Washington February 7, 1923.
- 3.
- The Government of Nicaragua jointly with the Governments of Guatemala and Honduras shall invite the Republics of Costa Rica and El Salvador to [reach] an agreement which may lead to the revision of the treaty under reference, in harmony with the aspirations and sentiments of the five Central American countries united by a common destiny.
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- The Ministry of Foreign Affairs shall immediately make this decree known to the Salvadoran Government and to the other Foreign Offices of Central America.”
Copy and translation by air mail. Repeated to Central American Missions.