File No. 817.51/1004
Minister Jefferson to
the Secretary of State
No. 410
American Legation,
Managua,
September 4, 1917.
Sir: Supplementing my cablegram of August 23,
12 noon,6 to the
Department, I have the honor to transmit herewith for the information
and files of the Department a copy and translation of the Foreign Office
note of August 22 last, in which I am requested to inform the Department
that Señor Don Ramón Enríquez, Nicaraguan Consul General at New Orleans,
had been appointed by the Executive to represent the Government of the
Republic in drawing up the financial contracts with the interested
parties. I also am enclosing copy of my F. O. No. 214 of August 23 in
reply thereto.6
I have [etc.]
[Inclosure—Translation]
The Subsecretary in charge of
Foreign Office to Minister Jefferson
No. 241
National
Palace,
Managua,
August 22, 1917.
Mr. Minister: I have the honor to inform
your excellency that on the date of the 13th instant the Executive
Power authorized by cable our Consul General at New Orleans, Señor
Don Ramón Enriquez, to represent the Government of Nicaragua in the
arrangements which the Republic has pending with the Foreign
Bondholders of 1909, with the bankers Brown Brothers & Co. and
J. W. Seligman & Co. of New York with reference to the Treasury
Bills Agreement, with the same bankers with respect to the
amortization of the Emery claim and with the National Bank of
Nicaragua regarding its credits against the State. Said Señor
Enríquez was duly informed that he should always consult concerning
these matters the opinion of the Department of State of the United
States of North America, as was stipulated in the Bryan-Chamorro
Treaty of August 5, 1914.
Begging your excellency that you may be pleased to transmit this
information to your illustrious Government, I herewith express to
you in advance my many thanks and sign myself [etc.]
