814.00/1470: Telegram

The Ambassador in Guatemala (Long) to the Secretary of State

402. At request of President have called meeting Diplomatic Corps3 to determine position toward extending good offices in effort [Page 1133] to reach settlement, disorders increasingly serious, sporadic firing in city and police using tear gas bombs. As I left Ubico a delegation from opposition was at the Palace to confer with him. If accord reached intervention Diplomatic Corps will not be necessary.

Repeated Mexico and Missions in Central America.

Long
  1. Ambassador Long was acting as Dean of the Diplomatic Corps during the absence of the Papal Nuncio, Msgr. Giuseppe Beltrami, who returned to these duties on June 27.