815.00/3812: Telegram
The Chargé in Salvador (Engert) to the Secretary of State
[Received 5:30 p.m.]
49. To an informal inquiry from the Legation in Tegucigalpa regarding the possibility of deporting Ferrera to Panama, this Legation has replied as follows: [Page 337]
“After repeated unofficial conversations with the President and the Minister for Foreign Affairs I feel that the Salvadoran Government can be trusted to take every precaution to prevent revolutionary activities by Ferrera although it cannot of course guarantee success. I quite agree that all [it?] would be preferable if Ferrera resided in territory not contiguous with Honduras but to demand his expulsion at this time would be tantamount to an expression of lack of confidence in the good faith of the Salvadoran Government or its ability to maintain effective surveillance. I believe President Quinonez would himself suggest Ferrera’s removal as [at?] the first breach of his written word.”