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The Minister in Honduras (Morales) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:50 p.m.]
96. According to rumors coming from sources which I consider to be reliable a coup d’état led by Carlos Lagos and Zuniga Huete is about to take place. These rumors appear to be confirmed by surface indications. President Gutierrez and his wife according to reports are about to depart from the capital presumably to meet Doctor Gomez, who with his wife, a sister to the President’s wife, is returning from Costa Rica. The supposition is that in the absence of the President the Lagos faction will take over the palace and attempt to set up a de facto government. … If the Department could have a war vessel sent to Amapala its presence would aid in preventing disorders.