815.00/4015: Telegram
The Vice Consul at Ceiba (Evans) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 7—1:38 p.m.]
Referring to Department’s October 29, 7 p.m., Governor today furnished statement in which he declares:
“That the Honduran Government sincerely laments incident that occurred at consulate October 28; that the mayor de plaza acted upon his own initiative and contrary to the positive orders of the superior military authorities; that for having violated said orders the mayor de plaza will receive disciplinary punishment: that in this way the Honduran Government desires to signify to the United States Government that there has not been any intention to offend the consular representative of the United States in this city.”
I respectfully recommend that the foregoing be accepted as an adequate statement from the Governor in termination of the incident, especially in view of the present precarious local conditions as outlined in my telegram dated November 6, 1 p.m.1
Repeated to Legation at Tegucigalpa.
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