810.79611 Pan American Airways/642
The Minister in Guatemala (Geissler) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 11.]
Sir: I have the honor to report, that on September 1, 1929, I handed the Minister of Fomento, Colonel Daniel Hernandez, a letter in which, confirming a conversation of August 29, I told him that I had been instructed by the Department of State to support a request of the Compañía Mexicana de Aviación for permission to bring the United States mails into Guatemala from Mexico. A copy of that letter has been furnished to Mr. Carlos Irigoyen, representative of the Pickwick Airways, and its contents have been communicated by me orally and verbatim to Mr. Wilbur L. Morrison of the Compañía Mexicana de Aviación, and he has been told that he may have a copy if he desires it.
Mr. Morrison told me today, that his negotiations with the Minister of Fomento are progressing very nicely and that he hopes to conclude a contract with that official tomorrow.
Meanwhile I enclose herewith a copy of a report of a conversation35 in which, as related by Mr. Carlos Irigoyen, he was urged by a Secretary of the Mexican Embassy, in the presence of Mr. Morrison, to discontinue opposition to the application of the Compañía Mexicana for a permit to operate in Guatemala, some threats being made in that connection.
There is also enclosed, with translations, a set of clippings of advertisements35 in which the Pickwick Airways has been presenting its attitude to the Guatemalan public.
I have [etc.]