815.00/2407: Telegram
The Minister in Salvador (Schuyler) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 11—10:45 a.m.]
74. The situation has been so confused for the last few days I have refrained from reporting it. In reply to the strong note I addressed to the Salvadorean Government in accordance with the Department’s cable instructions of August 1, 3 p.m., I received a long and evasive note expressing pain and surprise at the tone, assurances that everything possible has been at all times done to preserve neutrality on [Page 574] the Hsonduranean frontier but that nevertheless the Government would now do more. …
Troops are being concentrated along frontier near Ocotepeque to stop reported invasion from Guatemala. Trucks and automobiles were seized last Sunday but returned to owners on Monday. Telephone and telegraphic communication between capital and provinces has been stopped for several days but I can always get people. Today the Government seems less panic-stricken and more confident than for a week … Above repeated to the Legation at Guatemala and Honduras.