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817.48 Earthquake of 1931/40

The President of Nicaragua (Moncada) to President Hoover

[Translation]
Managua, April 1, 1931.8

I am profoundly thankful for the marks of the sympathy and the regret which Your Excellency feels because of the Managua catastrophe, and in the name of the Nicaraguan public and in that of my [Page 788] Government I send to the people of the United States and to Your Excellency my expressions of gratitude.

J. M. Moncada
  1. Received in the Department from the White House on April 2.↩