810.00B/108
The Chargé in Nicaragua (Ray) to the
Secretary of State
No. 344
Managua, November 26, 1936.
[Received
December 3.]
Sir: I have the honor to refer to my despatch
No. 340 of November 24, 1936,86 and to transmit herewith copies of the communication
referred
[Page 852]
to in my telegram No.
234 of November 26, 12 noon,86a together with a translation thereof.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs explained to me that he hoped the
memorandum would be considered in the same light as if it were a formal
note, but what he wanted to keep it strictly confidential and did not
wish even the members of his office to know of the contents; for that
reason, he said, he had presented an unnumbered memorandum which he had
prepared himself.
Respectfully yours,
[Enclosure—Translation]
The Nicaraguan Acting Minister for Foreign
Affairs (Ramirez
Brown) to the American
Chargé (Ray)
Memorandum
- 1.
- The Government of Nicaragua has been able to ascertain the
existence in the nation of certain communistic organizations
connected with other international organizations; and as it
considers those pernicious doctrines a real menace of
destruction and social anarchy it has the firm and decided
intention to oppose with all energy their dissemination and to
annihilate drastically the germs of communism which are
appearing.
- 2.
- For that purpose the President of the Republic through the
initiative of General Anastasio Somoza,87 candidate to the Presidency of Nicaragua for
the Nationalist Liberal and Conservative Parties, has proposed
informally to the Government of the other states of Central
America the formation of a defensive alliance against communism.
The Central American Governments have expressed their agreement
in general terms to the organization of that common
anti-communist front and the Government of Nicaragua therefore
is undertaking to initiate formal action to bring this salutary
plan into effect.
- 3.
- It is desired to know the opinion of the Department of State
of the United States of America on this subject; and what would
be the attitude of the United States of America in case, as a
consequence of this anti-communistic campaign, Nicaragua should
be attacked (molestada) by some large
nation on the continent either directly or by supporting some
revolutionary movement with arms or tangible forces.
