817.00/6037: Telegram
The Minister in Costa Rica (Davis) to the Secretary of State
[Received October 17, 1928—7:40 p.m.]
70. The following telegram was sent Managua October 17, noon:
The following telegram from the Assistant Inspector of Hacienda at Colorado Bar relative to the activities of … was given to me today by the President:
“I arrived at Boca Sarapiqui where I learned that the person commissioned to receive … and companions was …, also a Nicaraguan, who had been there and departed for Boca de San Carlos. I also learned there that he had entered this place and decided to follow him. In effect he is here and it appears that tomorrow [Page 592] he will depart for Nicaragua according to what he says. I have given this information to the Sub-Inspector here and I expect to leave tomorrow, returning to the Barra, at the same time watching … Of … and his agent I only know that they are in effect expected, but I do not know where they are nor where they will enter, although the presence of … here makes it appear that it will be through here.”
After a conversation with the President he stated that he would immediately instruct Costa Rican authorities to watch … and his friends and detain them should they attempt an invasion of Nicaragua. He also stated that he would disarm individuals leaving Costa Rica for Nicaragua and that he would keep me advised of the movements of … and his friends.
Second section follows.22 Repeated to the Department.
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