Editorial Note

II. COSTA RICA

For documentation on the Costa Rican presidential election, civil war, and invasion by armed forces from Nicaragua, and United States participation in bilateral and multilateral remedial measures, see pages 488 ff. With particular reference to the question of recognition of the Costa Rican regime, see telegram 117, May 3, 1948, 6 p. m. to the Embassy in Costa Rica, and memorandum of telephone conversation by Mr. Woodward, June 22, 1948, pages 525 and 529.