File No. 763.72/4918
The Secretary of State to the Nicaraguan Chargé ( Cuadra Zavala)
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of May 19,1 in which you state that you are instructed by the President of Nicaragua to inform me that the Nicaraguan Congress has passed a resolution severing the relations of the Nicaraguan Government with the Imperial German Government, and has authorized him to offer to the Government of the United States the use of the ports and territorial waters of Nicaragua during the present war.
In reply I have the honor to say that it affords me pleasure to accept, on behalf of this Government, your Government’s highly [Page 293] valued offer. I beg to request that you will convey to President Chamorro this Government’s thanks for, and high appreciation of the aid thus extended by his administration, and my heartfelt gratification at the new bonds of amity thus added to the ties of friendship that so happily exist between the two Governments.
Accept [etc.]