715.1715/678: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Honduras (Erwin)
32. Your 74, October 7, 4 p.m. Please say to the Minister for Foreign Affairs that the Honduran position as regards the basis of a definitive settlement of the territorial dispute has been carefully noted. This Government believes, however, that the first and most urgent objective of the suggested utilization of good offices is the proposal of measures which may relieve the present tension in the relations of Nicaragua and Honduras and thereafter the suggestion of bases for a definitive settlement of the fundamental issue. At this second stage it would be appropriate for Honduras to set forth its position as regards the basis of a definitive settlement of the controversy.