817.00/6218: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Nicaragua ( Hanna )
39. Legation’s despatch 914, February 13, 1929.2 Please inform President Moncada that the President has designated Captain Alfred Wilkinson Johnson, United States Navy, for appointment as Chairman of the National Board of Elections of Nicaragua, and suggest that his appointment to that position by the Supreme Court of Justice be effected as soon as practicable. It is contemplated that Captain Johnson will arrive at Managua in the early part of July.
As Captain Johnson is an official of the United States Navy, he will not, of course, receive a salary from the Government of Nicaragua for his services, but it is expected that he will be given his necessary travelling expenses and a suitable per diem while on this mission. The necessary arrangements to this end can be made after Captain Johnson reaches Nicaragua.
You may also inform President Moncada that the Department is considering necessary changes in the 1923 electoral law along the lines mentioned in its telegram 71 of May 13, 6 p.m. 1929,3 which revision the Department understands is concurred in by President Moncada, as reported in the Legation’s telegram No. 138, dated May 16, 11 a.m. 1929.4