817.00/5035
The Minister in Nicaragua (Eberhardt) to the Secretary of
State
Managua, September 2,
1927.
[Received September 19.]
No. 467Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for
the Department’s information, a copy of a note which I addressed to the
Foreign Office on August 25, 1927, informing the Nicaraguan Government
of the nomination of General McCoy to be Chairman of the Commission to
supervise the elections of 1928, and that General McCoy had come to
Nicaragua as the personal representative of the President of the United
States with the rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary; and also a copy and translation of the reply received
from the Minister for Foreign Affairs under date of August 26, 1927. It
will be noted that Dr. Cuadra Pasos states that President Diaz has
instructed him to say that the President accepts with pleasure the
suggestion of the President of the United States, that General McCoy
will be duly appointed as chairman of the commission to supervise the
elections, and that the Government will endeavor to give him every
assistance in carrying out his mission.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure 1]
The American Minister (Eberhardt) to the Nicaraguan Minister for Foreign
Affairs (Cuadra
Pasos)
Managua, August 25,
1927.
No. 130Excellency: I have the honor to advise Your
Excellency that acting upon the request of Your Excellency’s
Government,90 His Excellency, Calvin Coolidge,
President of the United States of America, has nominated as Chairman
of the Commission to be formed to supervise the elections of 1928,
Brigadier General Frank Ross McCoy, United States Army. It is
understood that at an opportune date, acting upon this nomination by
the President of the United States of America, the appointment of
General McCoy to this position will be made by His Excellency, the
President of Nicaragua.
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General McCoy has come to Nicaragua as the personal representative of
the President of the United States of America in Nicaragua with the
rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary, authorized
and empowered to execute and fulfill the duties of this commission
with all the powers and privileges thereunto of right
appertaining.
General McCoy will rank with and immediately after His Excellency,
Charles C. Eberhardt, the regularly accredited Minister of the
United States of America in Nicaragua.
Be pleased [etc.]
[Enclosure 2—Translation91]
The Nicaraguan Minister for Foreign Affairs
(Cuadra
Pasos) to the American
Minister (Eberhardt)
Managua, August 26,
1927.
No. 435Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge
the receipt of Your Excellency’s note in which you state that in
accordance with my Government’s previous request, His Excellency
Calvin Coolidge, President of the United States of America, has
nominated Brigadier General Frank Ross McCoy, United States Army, as
Chairman of the Commission to be formed to supervise the elections
of 1928, in order that at an opportune date he may be appointed to
this position by the President of Nicaragua.
Your Excellency also states that General McCoy has come to Nicaragua
as the personal representative of the President of the United States
with the rank of Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary.
I have informed President Adolfo Diaz of the contents of your note
and in reply he has instructed me to tell you that he accepts the
wise selection of the President of the United States with the
greatest pleasure, and that he will proceed to carry out all the
necessary formalities respecting the appointment of General McCoy as
Chairman of the Commission to supervise the general elections of
1928, thereby placing at the disposition of General McCoy all the
means necessary toward an efficient supervision of the election
which the country so eagerly awaits.
This Chancery has taken due note of the wishes of Your Excellency’s
Government that General McCoy be ranked as Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary and to this end my Government will extend
to General McCoy all the privileges and immunities to which,
according to international practice and the laws of Nicaragua, such
officials are entitled.
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From this moment my Government will consider Brigadier General Frank
Ross McCoy as second in rank to Your Excellency in Nicaragua.
On my part, I wish success and a satisfactory visit to General McCoy
in my country, and I am grateful for the opportunity to express once
more to Your Excellency my highest consideration.
