Office of the Historian

815.00/2137a: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Consul in Charge of the Legation in Honduras (Lawton)

Washington, December 11, 1919, 3 p.m.

You may make known the fact that the recent election having been held in accordance with the Honduran Constitution, the United States Government regards Lopez Gutierrez as entitled to assume the executive power on the date set for the beginning of the new presidential term.15

Lansing
  1. He was inaugurated Feb. 1, 1920 (File No. 815.00/2153).↩