816.01/125: Telegram
The Chargé in Nicaragua (Beaulac) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:26 p.m.]
38. The Minister of Foreign Affairs called on me this morning and stated that two Salvadoreans, Carlos Varaona and Rafael Lima, representing the de facto President of Salvador had called on him and stated in confidence that General Martínez was determined not to resign the Presidency, that he had the support of all the foreigners in El Salvador, and that he was confident that he could maintain himself in power until the Central American treaties expired. They said that ex-President Araujo had enlisted elements on the north coast of Honduras and was prepared to re-enter El Salvador in an endeavor to overthrow the de facto regime. However the de facto government knew the details of his plan and was prepared to frustrate it. They thought Nicaragua would be interested on account of the danger that the defeated revolutionists would flee into Nicaragua and join Sandino whose assistance Araujo had likewise been promised. The two emissaries requested permission to call on President Moncada.
At the latter’s request the Minister of Foreign Affairs asked my [Page 587] advice as to whether the President should receive them. I told him I could only say that under like circumstances the President of the United States would decline to receive them and I agreed with him that the visit might be misinterpreted.
Repeated to San Salvador.