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Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee sends William Loeb a copy of a telegram received at Tokyo numbered 383. He includes a postscript stating that he had been informed that the White House operator had repeated the telegram to Loeb.
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1907-09-07
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee received William Loeb’s letter regarding the Central American conference. Diplomats Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Mora of Costa Rica and José F. Godoy of Mexico have suggested to Adee that a protocol fixing the location and preventing demonstrations be signed. Adee discusses support for potential locations and dates. He feels they should follow the recommendation of Mexican president Porfirio Díaz and express Nicaragua’s proposal of Mexico as a location.
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1907-09-04
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee has telegraphed the embassy in Tokyo in response to the Sun’s report on the removal of laborers.
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1907-09-04
Assistant Secretary of State Adee sends communications from President Porfirio Díaz of Mexico and President Fernando Figueroa of El Salvador regarding the selection of a location for the conference, with his reflections and the opinions of the Central American ministers Joaquín Bernardo Calvo Mora of Costa Rica and Luis Felipe Corea of Nicaragua. Secretary of State Elihu Root thinks Mexico would be the right choice. If Washington, D.C. is selected as the location, the conference could not be scheduled until Root returns from Mexico, following diplomatic etiquette.
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1907-09-02
Acting Secretary of State Adee informs President Roosevelt the White House is sending him translations of the replies from Costa Rica and Nicaragua, which, like El Salvador, are unconditional and encouraging. The responses from Honduras and Guatemala will likely be similar.
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1907-08-30
Acting Secretary of State Adee regards President of El Salvador Fernando Figueroa’s reply as “a hopeful sign of general acceptance.” Minister Luis Felipe Corea of Nicaragua and Minister Ángel Ugarte are pleased with the proposed action.
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1907-08-29
Acting Secretary of State Adee confirms with William Loeb the Department of State’s telegram to President Roosevelt dated August 25 regarding revising the peace message to the Central American presidents.
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1907-08-29
Acting Secretary of State Adee sent President Roosevelt a translation of the reply from President Porfirio Díaz of Mexico. Due to a filing error, Adee suggests Roosevelt authorize him to dispatch Roosevelt’s message the following day.
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1907-08-28
Acting Secretary of State Adee asks William Loeb to inform President Roosevelt that President of Mexico Porfirio Díaz wants Roosevelt’s message to the Central American presidents sent immediately.
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1907-08-28
Acting Secretary of State Adee revised the peace message to the Central American presidents based on the suggestions of President Roosevelt and Secretary of State Elihu Root.
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1907-08-25
Acting Secretary of State Adee received a message from Mexican diplomat José F. Godoy that President of Mexico Porfirio Porfirio Díaz is intervening to prevent war between Guatemala, El Salvador, and Nicaragua and asks the United States to join. Adee includes a draft of a telegram Diaz and President Roosevelt could send to the presidents of the five Central American republics, including Honduras and Costa Rica.
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1907-08-23
Acting Secretary of State Adee forwards William Loeb a message from Lientent Commander James H. Glennon from Acajutla, El Salvador, that the American armed steamer President will be transferred to El Salvador. Additionally, President Fernando Figueroa of El Salvador greatly desires American intervention. Adee suggests that while material aid is impracticable, a moral intervention would achieve the same goal.
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1907-08-20
Acting Secretary of State Adee encloses related items for William Loeb to update President Roosevelt on the situation in Central America and to advise on how to handle the United States’ recognition of Honduras’ provisional government and neutrality.
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1907-08-19
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee asks William Loeb to inform Secretary of State Elihu Root that he received a note from Mexican diplomat José F. Godoy stating Mexico recognizes the provisional government in Honduras and its neutrality. He gives additional information about which officials to contact.
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1907-08-14
Assistant Secretary of State Adee forwards a telegram from Ambassador Whitelaw Reid regarding the modus vivendi for Newfoundland fisheries. He requests a copy be given to Secretary of State Elihu Root if present.
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1907-08-10
Assistant Secretary of State Adee sends President Roosevelt a message from Japanese Ambassador Shūzō Aoki, noting that the ambassador wanted to avoid “the formality” of sending the communication through official channels. Adee discusses his interpretation of the treaty of 1894 as it pertains to laborers to present his opinion about the letter from Aoki.
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1907-07-31
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee encloses a copy of an un-enacted, signed proclamation and asks William Loeb to have President Roosevelt determine what to do with it.
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1907-07-09
Alvey A. Adee instructs Chief of Bureau of Appointments Charles Ray Dean to refer the matter of destroying the signed, un-promulgated proclamation to William Loeb.
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1907-07-08
Alvey A. Adee of the Department of State writes to President Roosevelt confirming the telegram he sent before regarding Newfoundland fisheries. Adee encloses a copy of Edward Grey’s proposal for a modus vivendi, as well as a dispatch from Whitelaw Reid, U.S. Ambassador to the United Kingdom, about the legalities.
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1907-07-07
Alvey A. Adee of the Department of State sends President Roosevelt a telegram that he is sending text of Edward Grey’s fisheries note to Secretary of State Elihu Root, which he previously sent to the president earlier in the day.
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1907-07-06