Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1922, Volume II

815.00/2357: Telegram

The Minister in Honduras (Morales) to the Secretary of State

[Extract–Paraphrase]

Tegucigalpa, May 4, 1922—2 p.m.
[Received May 5—9:30 a.m.]

45. I was requested by the President to advise Department concerning political difficulties of Honduras and Nicaragua. He is reliably informed that Francisco Martinez Funes is at present in Esteli and has 300 troops equipped to make an invasion of Honduras. He requests that representations be made by the Department to Nicaragua that Funes be captured. …

Morales