Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1929, Volume III

314.115C43/205

The Consul at Belize (Taggart) to the Secretary of State

Belize, February 1, 1930.
[Received February 5.]

No. 162

Sir: I have the honor to report compliance with instruction dated January 17, 1930, file No. 314.115C43/183[200], relating to the claim of Mr. P. W. Shufeldt, American citizen living in Belize, against the Guatemalan Government, by delivery on this day by me to Sir Herbert Sisnett, Chief Justice of British Honduras, arbitrator, of a certified copy of said instruction.

The Guatemalan Government was represented by attorneys Octavio Aguilar and Francisco Barrios Solis, both of Guatemala City.

The arbitrator accepted the credentials of both sides and declared the proceedings open on February 1, 1930.³⁶

I have [etc.]

G. R. Taggart

36. For decision of the Arbitrator, see Shufeldt Claim, p. 851.