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615.44A28/1

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

No. 4
Washington , September 24, 1937.

The Secretary of State transmits herewith a copy of despatch no. 470, September 2, 1937, from the American Consulate in Belize, British Honduras, reporting the alleged stopping and search of the British motor vessel Caoba by a Honduran gunboat, presumably outside the territorial waters of Honduras. The Department would be interested to receive such information as may become available with [Page 595] regard to any representations which may be made to the Honduran Government in connection with this act.