File No. 417.00/92.
The Secretary of State to the Nicaraguan Minister.
Washington, December 5, 1911.
Sir: The Department is in receipt of your note of the 7th ultimo, stating that the Government of Nicaragua has issued a decree by which the office of member of the Nicaraguan Mixed Claims Commission heretofore held by Mr. Thomas P. Moffat, is declared vacant, and that you have been instructed by your Government to ask the Secretary of State to designate Mr. Moffat’s successor.
The Department’s note to you of the 2d,1 answering the note of the 8th ultimo from the Nicaraguan minister for foreign affairs to the Secretary of State,1 has already informed you that Mr. Arthur B. Thompson, of this city, has been recommended by the Secretary of State for appointment by the Nicaraguan Government to fill the vacancy referred to.
Accept, etc.,