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810.43 Anti-Imperialist League/65

The Minister in Nicaragua ( Eberhardt ) to the Secretary of State

Managua , May 7, 1928 .
[Received May 25.]
No. 668

Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith two pamphlets1 which appear to be circulating in the United States calling for contributions [Page 574] to finance the Sandino movement in Nicaragua. I should like particularly to call the Department’s attention to one of the paragraphs on the last page of the smaller pamphlet, in which the All-America Anti-Imperialist League advocates mutiny among the marines sent to Nicaragua and states that theiir only proper course is to desert to Sandino. I should like to inquire whether it would not be possible to take legal action of some sort against those responsible for propaganda of this nature.

I have [etc.]

Charles C. Eberhardt
  1. Entitled Enlist With Sandino and Defeat the War Against Nicaragua; not printed.↩