Office of the Historian

817.00/8071: Telegram

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

Managua, June 24, 1934—noon.
[Received 4:30 p.m.]

133. Department’s telegram No. 37, June 23, 3 p.m. Respectfully suggest that in the last sentence of paragraph 3 of proposed statement, as amended by the Department, the following clause be deleted: “nor have they had any motive for interfering”.

I fear that its inclusion might be misconstrued here to indicate (1) that if we had sufficient motive we might interfere in the affairs of Nicaragua, and (2) that we tacitly approve the present activities of the Guardia.

If the Department approves this change such sentence would read as follows: “Consequently, neither the Government of the United States nor its representative in Nicaragua have interfered directly or indirectly in the political affairs of the Republic of Nicaragua”.

Please reply by telegraph urgently.68

Lane
  1. In telegram No. 38, June 24, 5 p.m., the Department informed the Minister in Nicaragua that the amendment suggested by him was satisfactory to the Department.↩