715.1715/1229: Telegram
The Assistant to the Special Representative of the President (Ocheltree) to the Secretary of State
[Received 10:15 p.m.]
72. Referring to the Department’s No. 26 of June 9, Señor Zuniga Montufar said he would give a statement to the press this afternoon along the lines suggested.
With reference to an extension of the provision with regard to purchase of armaments he said that Dr. Cordero Reyes had raised this question. The President of the Commission informed me that in his opinion it would be unwise for the Commission to take the initiative in the event a negative response were provoked. He therefore had recommended that Dr. Cordero Reyes take up the question with the Honduran Government with a view to ascertaining the attitude of that Government before the Commission take any action.
[Page 261]Dr. Rodriguez preferred not to comment until he had conferred with the Chancellor. He suggested the Commission might meet tomorrow.