817.00/2744: Telegram
The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Nicaragua (Jefferson)
Washington, December 11, 1920—1
p.m.
53. Your December 9, 2 p.m.
You may advise the President that the suggestion of the Department was made with the understanding that any new election law which might be passed in the next session of the Nicaraguan Congress would not be construed as being retroactive and would necessarily apply only to future elections.
Davis