714.1515/947: Telegram

The Minister in Guatemala (Geissler) to the Secretary of State

125. Yesterday I informed the Minister for Foreign Affairs unofficially and informally of the Honduran proposal as reported October 11, 9 p.m., by the Legation at Tegucigalpa.

I also urged that the Government of Guatemala avoid any action or expression which might impede negotiations.

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We discussed the situation very unofficially and again today.

The gist of his expressions is that he considers the situation very grave, that he will discuss it this evening with the President and the Cabinet, and that meanwhile he can with definiteness say only that the position of the Guatemalan Government is as defined in his note to the Secretary of State of September 24th.

Repeated to Honduras.

Geissler