File No. 7357/–1.
The Acting Secretary of State to the Provisional Minister for Foreign Affairs of Honduras.
Washington, August 23, 1907.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your excellency’s note of June 1, 1907,a by which you announce to the Secretary of State of the United States the formation of a provisional government in Honduras under the presidency of Gen. Miguel R. Dávila, and with which you inclose an autograph letter addressed to the President of the United States by General Dávila, announcing his assumption of the provisional presidency.
Being advised of the competency of the provisional government to perform international obligations, and being satisfied with the steps taken to revive the constitutional régime in Honduras and to provide for the election of the executive thereof, the President has directed the recognition of the provisional government and will, upon his return to Washington, have the pleasure to receive Mr. Angel Ugarte in personal audience for the purpose of presenting the credentials which he bears as the appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the provisional government of Honduras.
In the meantime the department will be pleased to transact with Mr. Ugarte any necessary business pertaining to his mission.
The President’s reply to General Dávila’s communication will in due time be delivered through Mr. Joseph W. J. Lee, the minister of the United States at Guatemala City, who will, pending the establishment of a new representation to Salvador and Honduras, hold any necessary intercourse with the provisional government on the part of the United States.
I avail myself, etc.,
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