815.00/3105: Circular telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Guatemala (Geissler)5
The four chiefs of the revolution and council of Ministers have signed an agreement along the following lines:6
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Inform Guatemalan Government that the President’s personal representative has arranged for a meeting on board the U.S.S. Milwaukee of the chiefs of all Honduran factions. The object of this meeting is to come to an arrangement whereby hostilities will be suspended and a subsequent settlement of present difficulties made through a joint mediation. The representatives of all the other Central American countries, and of the United States, will be invited to participate. You will add that the United States is pleased to participate in this joint mediation and will be represented by Sumner Welles. It trusts that Guatemala will also appoint one or more representatives to take part, and hopes that those representatives will come to Amapala as soon as possible. The Department hopes that the conference can start as soon as the representatives have arrived.
Use all proper means to induce Guatemala to participate and to send delegates with utmost dispatch.