817.48 Earthquake of 1931/111: Telegram
The Minister in Nicaragua (Hanna) to the Secretary of State
[Received 4:23 p.m.]
1. President Moncada and the more important Federal Government offices including the Supreme Court will remain in Managua and the remaining offices will be established temporarily in Masaya. The Nicaraguan Congress will also assemble in Masaya next Tuesday to renew its ordinary session. The foregoing has been announced in the official bulletin.
President Moncada has told me that this does not necessarily mean that the capital will remain permanently in Managua and that definite decision of this question is being postponed until sentiment can be weighed under more normal conditions. I believe he has partly in mind the encouragement of the reconstruction of this city.
I now have under consideration the arrangements we should make for sheltering the Legation and its personnel and will make my recommendations in the near future.