714.1515/388: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Guatemala (Geissler)

58. For your information. On August 25 the Minister at Tegucigalpa telegraphed:

“The President of Honduras is desirous of ascertaining if President Coolidge will act as Arbitrator of the Guatemalan Honduranean boundary question in place of the late President Harding.”

Department has to-day informed the Legation that the President has signified his willingness to act as arbitrator if a formal request should be made by both Governments.

Phillips