714.1515/592: Telegram
The Minister in Guatemala (Geissler) to the Secretary of State
[Received March 23—6 p.m.]
28. Referring to Legation’s No. 26 of March 22, 1 p.m., following three hours of discussion of the matter by the Cabinet, Mr. Aguilar informed me as follows:
“The Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs has the honor to inform His Excellency the Minister of the United States that the Government of Guatemala accepts the suggestion of the Government of Honduras contained in his courteous memorandum of this date, to the effect that in case the commissioners of Guatemala and of Honduras do not arrive at an agreement regarding the provisional line which is to be designated, the representative of the mediator government shall indicate that line. The Government of Guatemala adds that it accepts the proposal, always provided that provisional line does not compromise the security of the national territory nor the security of the railway line between the capital of Guatemala and Puerto Barrios nor the security of the commerce of Guatemala. Furthermore, it must be understood that this acceptance would not imply abandonment of the rights of Guatemala nor recognition of any right claimed by Honduras in virtue of its advances and incursions into Guatemalan territory.”