314.115C43/148: Telegram

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

102. Referring to the Department’s telegram of August 7, 2 p.m. The Minister for Foreign Affairs orally joined in the selection of the Chief Justice of British Honduras and agrees that he sit at Belize.

The Minister suggests that the Department and the Guatemalan Minister in Washington ascertain through the British Embassy whether the Chief Justice accepts. He suggests that if the Chief [Page 146] Justice does not accept some Cuban could perhaps be agreed upon because of proximity.

The Minister agrees that a decision regarding the honorarium be deferred.

Geissler