816.002/183: Telegram
The Ambassador in El Salvador (Thurston) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 12—3:55 p.m.]
164. At 12 o’clock this noon, I received the following communication from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs dated May 11.
“National Palace, San Salvador, May 11, 1944.
Mr. Ambassador: I have the honor to advise Your Excellency that by virtue of the resignation of the Post of Constitutional President submitted by General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, which was accepted by the National Legislative Assembly, General Andrés Ignacio Menéndez was elected in conformity with the political constitution to exercise that high office and he assumed the supreme command of the Republic on the 9th of this month; and this mandatory upon organizing yesterday his Cabinet has been so good as to distinguish me by the appointment as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Justice, a delicate post which it has been satisfactory for me to accept animated with the best sentiments in behalf of the international life of El Salvador.
Upon communicating the foregoing to Your Excellency it is very gratifying to me to state that in the fulfillment of my functions it will be my constant desire to continue to cultivate the good relations which happily exist between the Government of El Salvador and the Government which Your Excellency worthily represents.
I avail myself of the opportunity to present to Your Excellency the assurances of my very high and distinguished consideration.
Signed Julio Enrique Avila.”