815.00 Revolutions/84: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Honduras (Lay)
40. Your 91, May 12, 3 p.m. You may say, in reply to the inquiry of the Under Secretary of Foreign Affairs, that this Government of course continues to give its moral support to the constituted Government. Our support of the provisions of Article II of the General Treaty of Peace and Amity of 1923 is well-known and no change has been made therein. Furthermore, there is still in existence an embargo on the shipment of arms to Honduras and licenses to export arms are to be given only to shipments for the Honduran Government. The Secretary’s press statement was to indicate to press correspondents that this revolutionary movement is an internal matter to be handled solely by the Honduran Government and that we are not actively participating in any way, and that our ships were sent to the north coast of Honduras purely for the protection of American and foreign interests.
Your 92, May 12, 4 p.m.7 The Chargé d’Affaires in Washington has not informed the Department of any supposed shipments of munitions for the rebels in Honduras and the Department is therefore, in view of your telegrams, getting in touch with him to see what information he has in order to trace the matter down and to take such measures as may be appropriate.
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