Identifier
Created
Classification
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03TEGUCIGALPA654
2003-03-13 20:33:00
UNCLASSIFIED
Embassy Tegucigalpa
Cable title:  

HONDURAN REQUEST FOR BORDER MAPPING

Tags:  PBTS PREL ES HO 
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UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 000654 

SIPDIS

STATE FOR WHA/CEN

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PBTS PREL ES HO
SUBJECT: HONDURAN REQUEST FOR BORDER MAPPING

REF: A. SAN SALVADOR 324


B. TEGUCIGALPA 533

C. SAN SALVADOR 629

D. CUMMINS-PFORZHEIMER DELIVERY OF CD-ROM

UNCLAS TEGUCIGALPA 000654

SIPDIS

STATE FOR WHA/CEN

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PBTS PREL ES HO
SUBJECT: HONDURAN REQUEST FOR BORDER MAPPING

REF: A. SAN SALVADOR 324


B. TEGUCIGALPA 533

C. SAN SALVADOR 629

D. CUMMINS-PFORZHEIMER DELIVERY OF CD-ROM


1. Per refs A, B, C, and D Honduras and El Salvador are
looking to move forward on border demarcation via a
binational border commission but progress has been stymied
due to outdated maps. Their joint request, received at both
Embassy Tegucigalpa and San Salvador, is for maps at scale of
1:25,000 (ref C).


2. Ref D material has been reviewed by Raul Andino Torres,
President of the Honduran Special El Salvador-Honduras Border
Demarcation Commission and a number of technical engineers.
Mr. Andino Torres informed Poloff March 7 that the
information in ref D, while informative, was at too large a
scale to be useful for border demarcation purposes.


3. Post notes that the border demarcation issue has received
broad press coverage in both El Salvador and Honduras. The
process has been stalled for some time and tensions have been
mounting. Post concurs with ref C and urges the State
Department to contact NIMA at the earliest possible moment in
order to request appropriate assistance.

Palmer