817.00/3385: Telegram

The Minister in Guatemala (Geissler) to the Secretary of State

1. The President of Guatemala expressed much gratification at Department’s January 7, 4 p.m. [7 p.m.?], saying that it will strengthen prestige of Washington treaties. The Minister for Foreign Affairs informs me that the diplomatic representative of Guatemala in Managua has been instructed by telegraph in harmony with the suggestion of the Department and that a statement will be published tonight.

Repeated to Central American Missions.

Geissler