816.01/12–1244: Telegram
The Ambassador in Uruguay (Dawson) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:40 p.m.]
1168. I have received from Serrato60 two memoranda both dated December 11 in reply to information concerning situation in El Salvador conveyed to him pursuant to your circular telegrams of November 18, midnight, and December 5, midnight, respectively.
In first, he states (1) that he agrees that decision concerning recognition of Aguirre regime should be postponed until it demonstrates its stability and there is clarified its willingness to fulfill efficiently its duties of continental solidarity; (2) that he does not share the view that recognition should be conditioned upon establishment of democratic regime since he considers such requirement a form of intervention and difficult to apply and (3) that once agreement is reached to establish diplomatic relations, each state should be free to follow procedure it considers most opportune.
In second memo Serrato states that Uruguay agrees with proposal that any decision re recognition present Salvadoran regime be postponed until after presidential elections mid-January.
- José Serrato, Uruguayan Minister for Foreign Affairs.↩