714.1515/785: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Honduras (Summerlin)
72. With reference to telegram No. 102, August 6, 11 a.m., from the Legation in Guatemala, it is the sincere hope of the Department that nothing in the reply of Honduras to Guatemala’s note may tend to precipitate a break between the two countries. Although no report from you has been received by the Department in reply to the last paragraph of its telegram No. 67, July 27, noon, it hopes that the Executive order of Honduras was not issued for the purpose of withdrawing permanently from the existing Mixed Commission and that the Government of Honduras is prepared to appoint a representative on the Commission should there be further business for the Commission to transact. Please convey the above informally to the Foreign Minister.
The Department has by no means decided that it would be best under any circumstances for Mr. Davis to lay down a provisional line. It prefers that the situation as regards Honduras should remain such that it would be possible for Mr. Davis to do so should it ultimately appear that this would be the best course.