814.01/35b: Circular telegram
The Secretary of State to the American Missions in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, and Nicaragua
[Paraphrase]
Washington, January 6, 1931—6
p.m.
The American Minister in Guatemala has been instructed to extend the recognition of the Government of the United States to the Government of Señor Andrade on the afternoon of January 8, the call for elections having been issued. Inform the Government to which you are accredited immediately of the proposed action of the Government of the United States. The Minister in Guatemala has also been instructed to inform his Central American colleagues of the action he is taking.
Stimson