715.1715/86: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Honduras ( Jones )
Your December 26, 5 p.m.27 and January 2, 10 p.m.
According to understanding of Department Las Trojas is in disputed territory. You will therefore inform Minister for Foreign Affairs that, particularly in view of his statement that it is the determination of Honduras to follow the wishes of the Government of the United States and strictly to maintain the status quo, the Government of the United States is at a loss to understand the action of the Honduran Government in building a telegraph line into the disputed territory, and feels confident that after a reconsideration of the matter in the light of the understanding of the United States, it will cease construction upon this line until a final decision of the dispute between Honduras and Nicaragua is reached.
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