Office of the Historian

317.93/2a: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Minister in Nicaragua (Eberhardt)

Washington, March 3, 1927—8 p.m.

53. Chinese Minister reports two cases of looting and two of incendiarism of Chinese property in Chinandega. He requests that attention of American forces be specifically drawn to the fact that we have agreed to use our good offices to protect Chinese interests in Nicaragua.37

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  1. At the request of the Chinese colony in Bluefields, made through the American consul at Bluefields, the Department on Apr. 6, 1925, instructed the Minister in Nicaragua “to make informal representations to the Government of Nicaragua to the end that proper protection may be afforded the Chinese colony on the east coast.” (File No. 317.93/–.)↩