816.01/20a: Circular telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Honduras (Lay)
The Honduran Minister called at the Department yesterday to say that his Government had received a request for recognition from the regime headed by General Martínez in Salvador, and that before making a reply his Government wished to know what the attitude of the United States Government would be.
The Minister was told that the Department is giving the most careful consideration to the matter but is not yet in receipt of sufficiently complete information on which to base a decision. It was added that the Department will be in a position by the end of this week to advise the other Central American Governments of its views, and the hope was expressed that the Honduran Government might defer giving any reply to the request received from Salvador until the Department has been able to apprise the Honduran Government of its views.
Repeat for information to Guatemala, Managua and San José.