Office of the Historian

File No. No. 814.01B/2

The Minister in Guatemala ( Leavell) to the Secretary of State

[Telegram]
Guatemala, July 15, 1918, 12 noon.
[Received July 16, 8.18 a.m.]

Your July 12, 5 p.m. Taking over of the German properties here is entirely by presidential decree and is at present limited to the four properties named in my cipher telegram of July 4, 10 a.m., which are to be operated by the Custodian and those net receipts going to Germans held until the war ends. At the present moment nobody knows if President Cabrera intends to go beyond this point. As soon as I can see him, I will ask about this and the other latest instances.

Leavell