810.154/3093: Airgram
The Ambassador in El Salvador (Thurston) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 22—1 p.m.]
A–370. Department’s circular telegram September 14, 7 p.m.
Captain Barton,6 U.S. Army Engineer Corps, who is in charge of the Pioneer Highway work in El Salvador and Honduras, states that the Salvadoran section of this undertaking will be complete in every respect by the end of this month. He also states that the international bridge over the Goascoran River linking the Salvadoran and Honduran sections of the Highway probably will be completed and usable by October 31.6a
In consequence, the abrupt cessation of the Pioneer Highway project will fortunately cause no inconvenience or unfavorable reaction here.