817.00/5590
The Secretary of the Navy (Wilbur) to the Secretary of
State
Washington, March 16,
1928.
P9–2/EF49 (280227)
Sir: I have the honor to forward herewith copy
of a letter from Commander Special Service Squadron of February 27,
1928, on affairs in Nicaragua.96 Your attention is particularly invited to the
enclosure with this letter which purports to be a reply written by
Sandino to the letter of the Squadron Commander mentioned in previous
correspondence.97
Respectfully,
[Enclosure—Translation]
General Sandino
to the Commander of the U. S. Special Service Squadron
(Sellers)
San
Rafael, February 3,
1928.
Mr. D. F. Sellers,
Representative of Imperialism in Nicaragua,
Managua:
I had formulated a reply, in which I answered concretely, point for
point, your letter of January 20th, but special circumstances
prevent me from delivering it directly.
I refer to the final point of your letter. Don’t believe that the
present struggle has for an origin or base, the revolution just
passed. Today this is a struggle of the Nicaraguan people in
general, to expel the foreign invasion of my country. Regarding the
Stimson-Moncada treaties, we have reiterated a thousand times our
ignorance of them.
The only way to put an end to this struggle is the immediate
withdrawal of the invading forces from our territory, at the same
time replacing the present President by one who is a Nicaraguan
citizen and who is not running as a candidate for the Presidency,
and supervising the coming elections by representatives of Latin
America instead of by American Marines.
Country and Liberty,
A. C. Sandino
