817.00/5213: Telegram
The Minister in Honduras ( Summerlin ) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 31—1:10 a.m.]
84. Department’s telegram No. 41, December 28, 7 p.m. President Paz stated to me today that these reports against the Minister of War and Pedro Pinel are false but that as an evidence of good faith on the part of his Government he will transfer the latter at once to another department; that no Honduranean official has assisted Sandino or any of his followers; and that he will order a more effective vigilance on the frontier. He added that he has no objection to an investigation by the military attaché. The President stated further that he believes these and similar reports are concocted and disseminated by Honduranean and Nicaraguan Liberals. Repeated to Managua.