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814.01/26: Telegram

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

Managua , January 3, 1931—1 p.m.
[Received 2:35 p.m.]

2. Department’s telegram number 137, December 30 [20], 8 p.m.7 The Minister for Foreign Affairs has received formal telegraphic advice from the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Guatemala that the Guatemalan Congress has accepted the resignation of President Chacon and has appointed José Maria Andrade First Designate who took office as President at noon on January 2. The Minister for Foreign Affairs has just requested me to inquire if the Department can give this Government for its guidance any information concerning the attitude of the Government of the United States with respect to the Andrade government in Guatemala.

Hanna
  1. See Foreign Relations, 1930, vol. iii, p. 183, footnote 6.↩