816.01/28: Telegram
The Minister in Honduras (Lay) to the Secretary of State
[Received 2:35 p.m.]
199. Department’s telegram No. 94 of December 20, 1 p.m.30 The Minister of Foreign Affairs has formally advised me that by virtue of the terms of article No. 2 of the treaty of 1923 his Government will not recognize General Martínez as President of Salvador and that he will instruct the Honduran Minister at San Salvador so to inform the de facto government there. He added that his Government would not recognize the government of Salvador until it is constitutionally reorganized in accordance with the provisions of the treaty. He is making an announcement of his Government’s position to the press today.
Repeated to San Salvador.