816.01/67: Telegram
The Minister in Costa Rica (Eberhardt) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8 p.m.]
9. This morning the Minister for Foreign Affairs10 asked me to ascertain if possible how the Department would look upon his plan for an immediate conference in Guatemala City to be attended by representatives of Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica arriving by airplane for the declared purpose of discussing ways and means of curbing communist activities in Central America and of helping El Salvador in her present fight against this common enemy.11 After some questioning he practically admitted that the plot carried with it one for concerted effort to secure recognition for the present regime in Salvador, where Congress, meeting today, is expected to declare Martínez the legal successor to Araujo now absent from the country. While I could not refuse to transmit his ideas, I endeavored to discourage him, stating that I could not see how the Department could look favorably upon such a plan and supported this view by repeating to him statements contained in the Department’s telegram number 5, of January 29, 5 [1] p.m. concerning the mission of Luis Anderson with whom I have reason to believe the Minister for Foreign Affairs is actively cooperating. Details by the next air mail.
Above message sent to San Salvador.