File No. 814.51/166.

The Secretary of State to the Minister of Guatemala.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge, with gratification, the receipt of your note of the 31st ultimo, in which you inform the Department that the examination of the several propositions submitted to your Government for the rehabilitation of the finances of Guatemala is practically concluded, and that in view of the fact that the one most acceptable to the Government requires sixty days for the determination of necessary changes, especially as regards the form in which it may be expedient to redeem the English loan, the Government will call an extraordinary session of the Legislative Assembly, as already announced, as soon as the American firms concerned shall have returned their respective contracts.

Accept [etc.]

P. C. Knox.