714.1515/630: Telegram
The Minister in Guatemala (Geissler) to the Secretary of State
[Received 11:55 p.m.]
51. This morning I received a telegram from Mr. Davis dated April 23, 5 p.m., saying that he had yesterday submitted to the Commission the proposal outlined in the Department’s telegram of April 19, 9 p.m.
A telegram received by the Foreign Office from Commissioner Salazar states that yesterday afternoon the Commission recessed at the suggestion of the mediator and that therefore the Guatemalan Commissioners are returning here April 25.
President Chacon said to me that under the circumstances he feels the Government should do nothing until the Guatemalan Commissioners have arrived and reported. He added that, however, he believes that it is desirable for both countries that the pending negotiations continue with a view to an early settlement and that he has the impression without knowing why that Mr. Davis will trace a provisional line which will be just and therefore acceptable to Guatemala.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs gave me the distinct impression today that he is disposed to negotiate very extensively before entering into a final treaty of arbitration.
Repeated to Mr. Davis and Tegucigalpa.