713.1311/293: Telegram
The Chargé in El Salvador (McCafferty) to the Secretary of State
San
Salvador, March 14, 1934—6
p.m.
[Received 8:44 p.m.]
[Received 8:44 p.m.]
19. In a conversation this afternoon with the Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs he informed me voluntarily that the Salvadoran Government was generally in accord with the proposals of Guatemala except on the following points.
- 1.
- Salvador does not believe that a general free trade agreement among all the Central American states is practical at the present time but is in favor of bilateral tariff treaties with the other Governments and,
- 2.
- It will refuse to sign any pact containing a nonrecognition provision similar to article No. 2 of the 1923 treaty because it considers that such a provision implies the right of intervention of one state in the internal affairs of another. He added that Salvador would strongly support any proposals tending towards disarmament, arbitration and the promotion of peace among the five republics.
I gained the impression that this Government is sincerely interested in the success of the Conference and that its attitude would not be one of obstruction.
Repeated to Central American missions.
McCafferty