Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1923, Volume II

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

Tegucigalpa , April 21, 1923—3 p.m.
[Received 10:45 p.m.]

34. General Eulogio Flores, brother-in-law of the President of Guatemala, arrived at Tegucigalpa on the 20th instant on a secret mission from the Guatemalan Government. He has assured President Gutierrez that Orellana will not support the candidacy of Doctor Arias; also that he is desirous of strengthening the political party² in the two countries. He also informed the President that Orellana is willing to assist the Honduranean Government with their candidate, provided he is a Liberal and friendly to Guatemala. The President’s opinion was also requested regarding the National Assembly’s attitude concerning the conventions recently signed at Washington.³

Morales

2. The Liberal Party.
3. Conference on Central American Affairs, Washington, December 4, 1922—February 7, 1923 (Washington, Government Printing Office, 1923), pp. 283 ff.