714.1515/872: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Honduras ( Merrell )21

41. Legation’s confidential 52, May 23, 3 p.m. Please seek an interview with President Mejia Colindres and inform him that this Government would view with much regret any action by the Government of Honduras or by the Government of Guatemala in the disputed territory which might result in aggravating the boundary dispute.

Please report results by telegraph together with a statement of your opinion of the attitude of the present Honduran Government toward the definitive adjustment of this question.

Stimson
  1. Repeated to the Minister in Guatemala in telegram No. 27 of the same date with added instruction: “Please make similar representations to President Chacón and report results.”