715.1715/662: Telegram
The Minister in Honduras (Erwin) to the Secretary of State
[Received 4:25 p.m.]
70. Department’s telegram No. 30, October 1, 7 p.m. The Minister for Foreign Affairs informed me this morning that the Honduran Government would gladly agree to reopening the question of the protocol of 1931. He added that such a reopening could only be considered with regard to the demarcation of the boundary, pointing out that article 1 of the protocol dealt with the award of 1900 [1906] and that the Honduran Government would not discuss this question, as it considered the award definitive and the question closed.
It was gathered that there was little possibility of the two Governments getting together without the good offices of some other country. The feeling seemed to be that Nicaragua originated the dispute and the first conciliative move should come from there.
The Foreign Minister said that the Honduran Government would prefer to have the United States as sole mediator, but added that if [Page 78] one or two American Republics should offer to mediate, [a?] Central American country would be acceptable.