[5] In the Note of Recognition of May 19, 1934 of the Salvadoran Consul General León Sigüenza, addressed to Minister of Manchukuo in Tokyo General Tinge Shih Yuan, Sigüenza stated that "[t]he step taken by my government is the first action taken by any American nation for the sake of peace in the Far East and El Salvador looks forward to an infinite strengthening of the relations thus inaugurated by the establishment of commercial relations between the two nations.".

[6][8] The Japanese press was jubilant following the announcement, with the leading newspaper Tokyo Asahi stating that "the league's principle of nonrecognition of Manchukuo is crumbling".

[9][10] Japan Foreign Office officials were quoted by Reuters stating that the Salvadoran recognition of Manchukuo constituted "one of the high lights of international history and is worthy to be long remembered".

[11][12] The Salvadoran Manchukuo recognition and the Chinese reaction marked the most high-profile political event of Chinese-Latin American diplomacy of the 1930s.

The bureaucratic policy of the League of Nations is influenced by the representatives of a few States, whose attitude was animated by the desire of satisfying their personal vanity.

"[6] The move to recognize Manchukuo by El Salvador was largely unexpected and there was speculation regarding the underlying motivations.

[21] In July 1934 a cheque of 10,000 Japanese yen was delivered via the Manchukuo Legation in Tokyo to the Salvadoran Consul General for hurricane relief, as a personal contribution of Emperor Kang Teh.