715.1715/952: Telegram
The Special Representative of the President (Corrigan) to the Secretary of State
[Received 4:12 p.m.]
16. Taking into consideration the viewpoints of the two delegations, the Commission yesterday afternoon modified several of its recommendations. [Page 106] Point 1 now provides that each Government shall notify the Commission of the numbers and places of troops maintained on or near the border on August 1, before the present tension arose. Point 2 provides for the reestablishment of this situation, the withdrawal of excess troops to be commenced immediately and completion of the withdrawal to be reported to the Commission. Point 3 provides that both Governments shall immediately suspend all arms purchases for a period of 6 months, exception being made for contracts already signed and in execution. The other changes were unimportant. These suggestions will be prepared in proper form tomorrow and it is planned to deliver them to the two delegations on Friday.
The first Nicaraguan delegate today presented informally to the President of the Commission the information contained in telegram No. 171, November 16, 6 p.m.,57 from Managua to the Department. The Commission felt that such incidents, and press leaks (as reported in my telegram No. 15 of November 17, 11 a.m.57 and recurring in this morning’s newspapers, from what I am convinced are local sources) imperilled the mediation. Early completion and presentation of the Commission’s recommendations was therefore decided upon.