715.1715/779b: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Honduras (Erwin)51
38. Please inform the Minister for Foreign Affairs at the earliest opportunity that President Roosevelt has designated Dr. Frank P. Corrigan as his Special Representative to meet with the representatives of Venezuela and Costa Rica in the joint tender of good offices with a view to facilitating a pacific settlement of the boundary dispute between Honduras and Nicaragua.
You should further inform the Minister for Foreign Affairs that this Government has been requested by the Governments with which it is associated in the tender of good offices to inquire whether it would be agreeable to the Government of Honduras to designate a representative to meet with the representatives of the three countries [Page 96] and a representative of the Government of Nicaragua in San José, Costa Rica, on or about November 1. This Government will be glad to inform the Governments of Venezuela and Costa Rica of the name of the representative which may be designated by the Government of Honduras.
In the conversations which have been held with the diplomatic representatives of Venezuela and Costa Rica in Washington it was agreed that it would be highly desirable if the Governments of Nicaragua and Honduras would take all proper means to prevent any public statements of an inflammatory nature over the radio or through any other medium of publicity which might tend to make more difficult the task of the representatives of the countries tendering good offices. This Government would be glad to transmit to the Governments of Venezuela and Costa Rica the assurances which the Foreign Minister may care to give in that connection.
Please cable promptly the results of your interview.
- The same, mutatis mutandis, October 23, 3 p.m., to the Chargé in Nicaragua, as telegram No. 73.↩