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President Roosevelt informs Edwin Emerson that Guatemalan president Manuel Estrada Cabrera never donated any money to his campaign and says he was assured of this fact by George B. Cortelyou and Cornelius Newton Bliss, the campaign treasurer.
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1908-08-13
Second Assistant Secretary of State Alvey A. Adee informs President Roosevelt more fully about the meeting of the Central American ministers in Washington, D.C. All five ministers agreed to holding a conference overseen by Roosevelt and Mexican president Porfirio Díaz in Washington, D.C., to discuss any disputes between the countries. Adee informs Roosevelt that he and Díaz should consult about the wording of the invitation to make sure that both parties follow the same course.
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1907-09-12
Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee informs President Roosevelt that he and Mexican Charge José F. Godoy, along with five Central American ministers, had developed a protocol for a conference in Washington, D.C., in November 1907. Roosevelt and Mexican president Porfirio Díaz would extend the invitation, and one or both would arbitrate over any disputes that arise in the coming months. Adee will send more details tomorrow.
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1907-09-11
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
President González Víquez of Costa Rica thanks President Roosevelt for his interest in maintaining peace in the republics of Central America and will defer to the suggestions made by him and President of Mexico Porfirio Porfirio Díaz.
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1907-08-29
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 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
David E. Thompson, United States Ambassador to Mexico, writes to President Roosevelt about his suspicions that Edward Henry Harriman was involved in the Guatemalan revolution of the previous year. Two days before, Thompson met with exiled Guatemalan General Manuel L. Barillas who implicated Harriman in the revolution. The following day, Barillas was assassinated. President Porfirio Díaz of Mexico has told Thompson in confidence that he is certain Barillas was assassinated on orders from Guatemalan President Manuel Estrada Cabrera.
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1907-04-08
John James Jenkins notifies Acting Secretary of State Loomis that he was greeted in Guatemala with a special train at his disposal and invited to the capital. The private secretary of President Manuel Estrada Cabrera requested that Jenkins relay to President Roosevelt that the Guatemalan President desires to be at peace with Salvador. Jenkins states that the presence of Tomás Regalado in Salvador is a menace to the peace of Salvador and to Central America.
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1905-07-03
Secretary of State Hay asks William Loeb to schedule a meeting with President Roosevelt. The ambassador from Guatemala has formal papers to present to Roosevelt.
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1904-11-30
President Roosevelt reports to Secretary of State Hay on various concerns and wishes that Senator Matthew Stanley Quay has regarding personnel changes in the diplomatic service.
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1901-11-09
President Roosevelt appreciates and responds in kind to President Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala’s good will. Roosevelt informs Estrada Cabrera that he has already directed the Great White Fleet to visit Guatemala in response to Estrada Cabrera’s invitation.
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1909-02-20
President Roosevelt chastises Edwin Emerson for repeating gossip about a Guatemalan statesman claiming to have bought political influence in the United States through campaign contributions. Roosevelt has previously denied this claim, and says that unless Emerson can find someone who is willing to back the statement up he has no business repeating it. Roosevelt highlights several false statements that Emerson has made about Guatemalan Minister of Foreign Affairs Juan Barrios, and states that to the best of his knowledge there is no truth to anything which Emerson has shared, and that Emerson shares the responsibility for these statements by repeating them.
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1908-12-24
President Roosevelt has asked George B. Cortelyou about a donation to his 1904 presidential campaign from the President of Guatemala, who said he had never heard of such a contribution but would ask Cornelius Newton Bliss about it. Roosevelt seems to remember a man named Hunter in the diplomatic service in Central America who resigned or was removed from office, but does not have any more details about him.
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1908-08-06
William Loeb sends Assistant Secretary of State Bacon President Theodore Roosevelt’s acknowledgement of the badge and spike that were sent to him by President Manuel Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala to commemorate the inauguration of the Interoceanic Railway of Guatemala, which Bacon should forward.
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1908-03-07
President Roosevelt tells President Estrada Cabrera of Guatemala that he has received the letter that he sent, in addition to the gold badge and railroad spike that Estrada Cabrera sent as souvenirs of the inauguration of the Interoceanic Railway of Guatemala. Roosevelt appreciates the sentiment, and says that the work that they have done will help bind the American continents together in brotherly love.
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1908-03-04
President Roosevelt instructs Assistant Secretary of State Bacon on how to handle recent communications between several Central American nations. Bacon should speak to Mexican President Porfirio Díaz and Guatemalan President Manuel Estrada Cabrera to present the message recently received from El Salvador, and encourage Estrada Cabrera to accept.
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1906-07-14
President Roosevelt thanks President Cabrera for the copy of the Album de Minerva 1902.
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1903-02-16