Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1938, The American Republics, Volume V

714.44A15/45

The Chargé in Guatemala (McKinney) to the Secretary of State

No. 766

Guatemala, December 16, 1938.
[Received December 27.]

Sir: I have the honor to forward herewith a package and letter¹⁵ from General Jorge Ubico, President of Guatemala, for delivery to President Roosevelt. The Department will note from the attached copy of the letter from the presidential secretariat that the package contains a copy of the Guatemalan “White Book” relative to the pending controversy with Great Britain over the boundaries of British Honduras.¹⁶ The suggestion is made in this letter that the book be handed personally to President Roosevelt by Minister Des Portes who is, as the Department is aware, en route to the United States.

Since the Legation was furnished a copy of President Ubico’s letter in the matter a copy thereof, together with its translation, is likewise enclosed for the Department’s files.

Respectfully yours,

Walter H. McKinney

15. Not printed.
16. Guatemala, Secretaria de Relaciones Exteriores, Libro blanco; controversia entre Guatemala y la Gran Bretaña relativa a la convención de 1859, sobre asuntos territoriales; cuestión de Belice (Guatemala, 1938).