814.00/1042: Telegram
The Minister in Guatemala (Whitehouse) to the Secretary of State
[Received January 3—12:02 a.m.]
4. Department’s 1, January 2, 5[4] p.m. The Assembly was under no duress whatever and has now adjourned. None of the resignations was made under compulsion unless one calls circumstances compulsion. There was no other solution possible. I strongly favor immediate recognition after the two Cabinet changes reported in my 3, January 2, 5 p.m., and the publication of the call for elections. Now, when everything has been done as constitutionally as possible, the non-recognition of Reina Andrade would only result in hopeless confusion.