815.00/4014: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Vice Consul at Ceiba (Evans)
Because of the situation which you say exists in Ceiba, and because of your recommendations, the Department is disposed to accept the statement which the Governor furnished you as received in consulate’s telegram dated November 6, 11 p.m., as a termination of this incident, provided this statement is published in the local press or is brought to the knowledge of the people of Ceiba in some other effective way. It is the feeling of the Department that it is of the utmost importance that it should be generally known that the Government of Honduras has apologized for this incident and has said that disciplinary punishment will be inflicted on the mayor de plaza. The Department expects that the punishment will actually be inflicted at an early date.
Repeat to Tegucigalpa and inform Department by cable.