815.248/27: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Honduras (Lay)
49. Legation’s 115, June 5, 4 p.m. The Department has been advised by the United Fruit Company that much uneasiness is felt by the Company’s authorities and employees at Puerto Castilla over the basing of … bombing plane in that district.
If you consider it advisable to do so you may repeat to President Mejia Colindres the objection of this Government to the employment of American aviators for military activities involving bombing operations and say to him that it is expected that adequate precautions will be taken to prevent injury to American lives and property. If you have the opportunity to do so while in Puerto Castilla you should warn … himself against indiscriminate bombing where such action might imperil noncombatant lives and foreign property.