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715.1715/528: Telegram

The Chargé in Honduras (Cramp) to the Secretary of State

Tegucigalpa, September 1, 1937—8 p.m.
[Received September 2 (?)—11:48 a.m.]

34. Department’s telegram No. 17, August 31, 6 [5] p.m. A detailed memorandum22 of my interview with President this afternoon being airmailed tomorrow. The principal points brought out were:

(1)
That Honduras would not permit the question to be reopened to arbitration.
(2)
That Ubico had offered good offices but Honduras had merely acknowledged receipt and taken no further action.
(3)
That a possible acceptable solution might be continuation of mediation of 1921 but that more time was needed to study this possibility.
(4)
That Honduras would not take aggressive steps.

I believe the President to be sincere in the hope of a peaceful solution but the temper of the people is becoming increasingly difficult to control.

Cramp
  1. Despatch No. 797, not printed.↩