815.00/2392: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Guatemala ( Geissler )
37. Your telegram 63, August 1, 4 p.m.
In view of present very strained relations between Nicaragua, Salvador and Honduras the Department would learn with regret of [Page 573] any action on the part of President Orellana in any way interfering in the internal affairs of Salvador and Honduras. Should a favorable opportunity arise you may point out to President Orellana that the 1907 treaties provided that the government of any Central American country should not interfere with the internal politics of the other Central American countries and tell him that the United States would learn with concern and disapproval any action on the part of one government to influence the outcome of elections in neighboring countries.
For your information. The Department has made representations to the Nicaraguan and Salvadoran Governments with respect to the recent incursions into Honduran territory and it is probable that a meeting of the Presidents of Honduras, Salvador and Nicaragua will shortly be held on an American battleship in Fonseca Bay with a view to endeavoring to bring about peaceful relations between the three countries and a strict observance of their international obligations on the part of all the governments concerned.19
- The conference was held on board the S. S. Tacoma; see vol. i, pp. 417 ff.↩