817.00/5629: Telegram
The Minister in Nicaragua (Eberhardt) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:04 p.m.]
206. My 202, May 5, 3 p.m. About half of the delegates to the Conservative Convention are still in dispute. Those definitely chosen seem to be fairly evenly divided between the two parties [factions?]. The decision in the contested cases will rest, according to the party statutes, with the national Conservative directorate. Chamorro claims to control this body but Cuadra Pasos asserts that each faction is sure of the votes of four members and that the three remaining members are as yet doubtful. He intimated this morning that unless an arrangement was reached before May 20 there would probably be two conventions and General McCoy would be compelled to decide which was the legal Conservative ticket. There have been frequent conferences this week between the Conservative leaders in an effort to reach an agreement but there is as yet no indication that either side will make any important concession.