UNEQUAL TREATIES

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP08C01297R000400140022-1
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 12, 2012
• Sequence Number: 22
• Publication Date: February 12, 1968
• Content Type: CABLE

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According to informed Honduran legal circles, there are
no treaties considered defective because of the considera-
tions outlined in the referenced airgram.
A former Foreign Minister who is now the President of the
Interstatal Study Commission for Honduras in its boundary
negotiations with El Salvador, stated that there is some
controversy among Honduran international lawyers regarding
the validity of the Villeda Morales-Cordon Agreement, but
this difference of opinion revolves about the effective
date of the treaty and is not pertinent to the considera-
tions set out in the referenced airgram. However, in
view of the Department's special interest in boundary
treaties a brief resumd of our understanding of the treaty
and the controversy follows.
In 1962, Pres
CORDON of El
follows:
1) The Government of Honduras and El Salvador pledge
that differences regarding the boundary line
between the two countries will be dealt with by
direct negotiations between the parties.
2) In order to accomplish this objective each
government will name an Interstatal Study
Commission. These two study commissions will
form a Mixed Border Commission.
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SUBJECT : "Unequal" Treaties
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ident VILLEDA Morales of Honduras and President
Salvador signed a treaty which provided as
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3) If no action is taken the treaty will expire in five
years.
The controversy centers around whether the date of signing or the
date of ratification is determining. If it is the date of signing,
1962, then neither Honduras or El Salvador is obliged to follow
the procedures outlined in the Villeda-Cordon Agreement; if, on
the other hand, it is the date of deposit, 1963, the treaty is
still valid.
Negotiations are now underway under the Villeda-Cordon Treaty and
neither El Salvador nor Hondura has raised the question of the
Treaty's validity.
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