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Second Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee informs William Loeb that the telegram congratulating Panamanian President Manuel Amador Guerrero on the first anniversary of Panama’s independence has been sent as directed, and that United States Minister to Panama John Barrett has been advised of this.
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1904-11-03
American minister at Panama Joseph Wilcox Jenkins Lee informs Secretary of State Hay that he recently spoke with Panamanian President Manuel Amador Guerrero, who told him that all the trouble in Panama arises from the wish to gain access to the six million dollars invested by the United States. The situation is presently quiet.
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1904-11-02
President Roosevelt authorizes Secretary of War Taft to warn Panama President Manuel Amador Guerrero that the United States will intervene and install Jose Domingo de Obaldia as president if the election is fraudulent. He also approves Taft’s proposed action regarding Jackson Smith.
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1908-05-11
President Roosevelt is having a dinner for Panamanian President Manuel Guerrero Amador, which Charlotte Taylor Evans has said she cannot attend. He asks Admiral Evans if he will attend the dinner, or prefer a quiet lunch along with Mrs. Evans.
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1907-11-16
President Roosevelt asks Panamanian Minister Obaldia to give his regards to Panamanian President Manuel Amador Guerrero and thank him for the gift of the Panama hat.
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1906-05-01
President Roosevelt introduces Charles E. Magoon, Minister to Panama, to his personal friend Louis Adams Frothingham. Roosevelt would like Frothingham to be introduced to Manuel Amador Guerrero, the President of Panama.
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1906-02-19
Governor Blackburn relays the results of his investigation into the upcoming election in Panama. While the majority of people prefer candidate Jose Domingo de Obaldia, current president Manuel Amador Guerrero supports candidate Ricardo Arias and is attempting to rig the election in his favor. In particular, Amador Guerrero has dispatched police to suppress voting, and removed three provincial governors who supported Obaldia and installed three partisans who will support Arias. Blackburn has made it clear that the United States will not recognize a president elected through corrupt practices.
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1908-06-05
Secretary of War Taft reports to President Roosevelt on his visit to the Panama Canal Zone. Taft was investigating reports of poor conditions in the Subsistence Department to head off a scandal. As a result, Jackson Smith has resigned from the Commission, and Taft suggests personnel and organizational changes. Taft also reports on attempts to rig the upcoming election in Panama.
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1908-05-16
Secretary of War Taft relays conditions in the Canal Zone, detailing two main points. First, he describes the self-serving actions of Jackson Smith and recommends he be removed from service. Second, Taft outlines the political situation in Panama and a plot by Manuel Amador Guerrero and his supporters to steal the election from Jose Domingo de Obaldia, creating the risk of another revolution.
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1908-05-09
Citing further evidence of a plot to commit fraud to secure the election of Ricardo Arias in Panama, Secretary of War Taft asks President Roosevelt if he should go to President Manuel Amador Guerrero and warn him that the United States will intercede in future elections if the current election is unfair.
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1908-05-10
Chargé d’Affaires of Panama Arosemena will meet with President of Panama Manuel Amador Guerrero when he arrives in New York and will pass on the content of William Loeb’s last letter to him. Arosemena will be in Washington, D.C., on November 29.
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1907-11-19
Minister to Panama Squiers transmits a report to Secretary of State Root which responds to the criticisms made by the Liberal Party in Panama. Squiers writes that the Liberal Party is made up of a mixed population forming the lower classes, and the party is against “Church, State and Aristocracy in the oppressive forms which they have always taken in Latin America.” Squiers believes the conservatives are as much behind the times as the liberals, which is why President Manuel Amador Guerrero formed a new party, called the Constitutional Party, made up of the most progressive members from both parties.
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1906-11-23
Secretary of State Elihu Root asks that Panamanian President Manuel Amador Guerrero be told that acting on the boundary treaty with Costa Rica is necessary before American rights can be settled. Telegram in cipher with translation.
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1906-11-15
Secretary of War Taft is preparing to board a train to travel to Havana and he is sending President Roosevelt several legal opinions regarding his options in issuing an executive order to establish a military government in Cuba. Taft reports that Roosevelt’s letter to Cuban Representative Carlos Manuel de Cespedes y Quesada polled strongly with the Cubans and Robert Bacon is carrying a copy of the president’s proclamation to arm the Cuban insurgents, though Taft thinks they should hold off in announcing it. Meanwhile, Joseph Bucklin Bishop is taking charge at the Isthmus and working on the president’s visit to the canal site. Taft admits he is not completely clear on the situation in Cuba but he knows who he is dealing with and every event will be met promptly. If they have to send in the army, he suggests putting Douglas MacArthur in charge and that he start recalling other staff officers. He knows this goes against the conventional thinking that MacArthur should serve as Chief of Staff to General James Franklin Bell, but this suggestion is only made against a remote possibility.
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1906-09-16
Secretary of War Taft advises William Loeb that no one should go down to the Panama Canal Zone except for Taft, and President and Mrs. Roosevelt. The smaller the party, the better, since space on a ship is small. The Roosevelts are invited to attend a function hosted by President Manuel Amador Guerrero. Taft thinks Roosevelt will have no reason to travel outside the Zone unless he wants to visit Colon to see for himself what Poultney Bigelow had written about. Taft is traveling to Maine from Quebec and expects to arrive in Oyster Bay in a few weeks.
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1906-08-28
Robert Bacon encloses a copy of a dispatch from the American Minister to Panama. It includes a letter from the Secretary of State of Panama, which forwards a letter from the President of Panama inviting Theodore Roosevelt to visit the state when he visits the Canal Zone.
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1906-08-16
United States Minster to Panama Magoon telegraphs Secretary of State Root about action taken by the Panamanian government in response to a suspected assassination attempt.
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1906-08-11
Charles E. Magoon encloses a letter to Secretary of State Bacon from Ricardo Arias, as well as an invitation from Panamanian president Manuel Amador Guerrero for President Roosevelt to visit. The people of Panama have great admiration for Roosevelt.
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1906-08-04
Ricardo Arias forwards Secretary of State Root a letter from Panamanian President Manuel Amador Guerrero inviting President Roosevelt to visit the proposed canal zone in Panama.
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1906-08-03
William Nelson Cromwell sends President Roosevelt a telegram that he just received from Panamanian President Manuel Amador Guerrero, which he says “somewhat expresses the joy and confidence on the isthmus over your recent action.” Cromwell has also sent copies of the telegram to Secretary of State John Hay and Secretary of War William H. Taft.
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1904-10-22