Editing Football War (section)

==Ceasefire==
Soon after the start of the war, the OAS held a special session, organizing a seven nation committee to oversee negotiations and calling for a cease-fire.<ref name=":2" /> While Honduran officials were reportedly willing, El Salvador resisted OAS pressure for several days, with one of the biggest sticking points, according to the [[CIA]], being the time window given for troops to be withdrawn.<ref>{{Cite web |date=18 July 1969 |title=Central Intelligence Bulletin: 18 July 1969 |url=https://www.cia.gov/readingroom/docs/DOC_0000941825.pdf |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=CIA.gov}}</ref> 

A cease-fire was arranged on the night of 18 July, which required Salvadoran troops to withdraw within 96 hours and an end to "inflammatory press, radio, and T.V. campaigns", among other things. It took effect at midnight.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kissinger |first=Henry |author-link=Henry Kissinger |date=18 July 1969 |title=647. Memorandum From the President's Assistant for National Security Affairs (Kissinger) to President Nixon |url=https://static.history.state.gov/frus/frus1969-76ve10/pdf/d647.pdf |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=Office of the Historian}}</ref>

=== Delayed withdrawal ===
Soon before the initial 96 hour deadline, the Salvadoran government sent a document to the OAS, stating, while it would continue to hold the cease-fire, it would not withdraw troops until a guarantee of safety for Salvadorans still living in Honduras was given, reparations were paid, and anti-Salvadoran rioters were punished.<ref>{{Cite web |date=23 July 1969 |title=649. Central Intelligence Agency Information Cable, TDCS 314/10866–69 |url=https://static.history.state.gov/frus/frus1969-76ve10/pdf/d649.pdf |access-date=2 June 2024 |website=Office of the Historian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Moleon |first=Ary |date=22 July 1969 |title=Salvadorans Demand Payment for Damages |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FIpjAAAAIBAJ&dq=Honduras+accuses+Salvador&pg=PA5&article_id=5614,2389526 |access-date=25 July 2024 |work=Nashua Telegraph |pages=5 |via=Google Newspapers |agency=Associated Press}}</ref> Honduras only fulfilled the first demand, but El Salvador relented after the OAS threatened sanctions, resulting in troops withdrawing on 2 August 1969.<ref name=":3" />{{Rp|pages=662-663}}