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815.00 Revolutions/34: Telegram

The Minister in Honduras (Lay) to the Secretary of State

Tegucigalpa, April 27, 1931—11 a.m.
[Received 1:20 p.m.]

75. At request of President of Honduras Turnbull is allowing Tela plane to reconnoitre rebel army country to endeavor to locate whereabouts of rebel forces. President desires that Geyer3 go as observer to obtain this military information for Honduran Government. Does Department authorize engaging in this duty while en route from San Pedro Sula on return to Tegucigalpa?

Lay
  1. Major Peter C. Geyer, Jr., Naval Attaché.↩