Dear General Carlos Salgado,

I am here to have a conference with you over the best manner of pacifying this department which is suffering from the horrors of war. I am authorized by the American command. I have trusted their word because they guarded from Teustepe to Tipitapa and afterward to Managua. They kept their word, guarding my person from the attacks of our adversaries. I have come to have great trust in them. Name a place in Ocotal for our interview. Bring your staff and whoever you may think appropriate. From here we will go to a separate place where we can converse. Do not forget the suffering of our friends and families. Have faith in our triumph.

/ s / José María Moncada