File No. 763.72119/11
The Secretary of State to the Guatemalan Minister (Méndez)
Washington, August 17, 1914.
The Secretary of State of the United States of America presents his compliments to the Minister of Guatemala, and has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of his memorandum of August 9, which he has read with pleasure, quoting a telegram in which His Excellency the President of Guatemala requests the Minister to approach the Government of the United States and the Latin-American representatives accredited to it, with a view to the proposal by all the nations of the American continent, under the leadership of the United States and at the first favorable opportunity, of the conclusion of the European war.