REPRODUCED AT THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES DECLASSIFIED Authority State Letter Wahr fy me NARA Date 2418 leader would become the puppet of his followers, who, in the not unlikely event of his death or incapacitation, would inherit the administration. Thus, in the opinion of Dr.
Calderon Guardia, the candidacy of ex President Jiménez would hold for Costa Rica the potentiality of palsying internal factional aiscord and lack of leadership, and for the United States the possibility of a harassed and disoriented Costa Rica adjacent to the Panama Canal. by be aar Repeating an idea that had previously heard him express, Mr. Mena Solorzano said that the coming of Mr. Jiménez and his probable following into the presidency would be a great misfortune for the relations between Nicaragua and Costa Rica.
Both the high conservative and the extreme radical wings of Mr. Jiménez supposed tollowing the one lod by Manuel Francisco Jiménez and the other by communist Congressman Mora, would be hostile to the Somoza regime. Further, according to Mr. Mena Solorzano, Hr. Ricardo Jiménez as President would probably permit his old friend, General Emiliano Chamorro, to conduct from Costa Rica operations against President THE PANAMA BOUNDARY AND THE BUENOS AIRES PACTS Speaking of the extraordinary session of Congress that is to convene on an as yet unfixed date early in September, Dr. Calderon Guardia said that two of the principal matters to come before the session would be the Panama boundary settlement and the Buenos Aires Pacts. He did not disclose the terms of the boundary settlement, although the sense or his remarks was such as to indicate definitely that a settlement has been reached. He thought that Congress yould be