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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.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-30
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
President of Mexico Díaz received President Roosevelt’s draft telegram to the presidents of five American republics appealing they settle their differences through a conference. Finding no fault in it, Díaz will also send a similar telegram.
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1907-08-27
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 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
Mexican diplomat José F. Godoy notifies President Roosevelt that through official channels of communication, Mexico informed El Salvador that it recognizes the provisional government of Honduras and its neutrality. Godoy mentions the inevitability of war between Nicaragua and Guatemala, with the latter being the aggressor and receiving Salvadorian aid.
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1907-08-17
Mexican diplomat José F. Godoy informs Assistant Secretary of State Bacon that Mexico recognizes Honduras’s provisional government.
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1907-08-12
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
Acting Secretary of State Adee sends William Loeb a letter from Mexican diplomat José F. Godoy regarding Mexico’s recognition and support of Honduras’s provisional government. Adee asks Loeb to tell President Roosevelt he spoke with Godoy and suggested sending a letter to the presidents of Central America so Roosevelt has a better perspective of the situation.
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1907-08-20
Acting Secretary of State Adee asks William Loeb to tell President Roosevelt that he sent the agreed message identically to the Central American presidents. He hopes to receive Roosevelt’s direction on replying to Ambassador to Great Britain Whitelaw Reid’s communication on fisheries.
Library of Congress Manuscript Division
1907-08-28