810.43 Anti-imperialistic League/73
The Minister in Salvador (Caffery) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 12.]
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of the Department’s instruction No. 134 of June 12, 1928,11 transmitting for my information a copy of a decision refusing the issuance of an injunction against an order of the Post Office Department barring from the mails matter bearing the so-called Sandino stamps issued by the All-American Anti-Imperialist League. The Department informed me that the United States Attorney would consider whether the acts of the persons connected with the All-American Anti-Imperialist League constitute a violation of any criminal statute. It was therefore desired that I inform the Department of any information in my possession which might indicate that the funds collected by the All-American Anti-Imperialist League in the United States were being used for the purchase of munitions for the Sandino forces in Nicaragua.
In this connection, I have the honor respectfully to refer to my despatch No. 1090 of April 25, 1928,12 in which I stated that I had sent a telegram to the Legation at Tegucigalpa reading as follows:
“I hear that Sandino adherents in this country are endeavoring to transmit money for Sandino to … at Tegucigalpa and that they will probably endeavor soon to send an emissary bearing funds from them to him.”
I have been frequently told by the Salvadorean authorities that they have reason to believe that all communication between Sandino and his adherents in this country passes through the hands of … at Tegucigalpa; that, if any funds are sent from Salvador they are sent to … I have not been able to secure evidence that funds have actually been sent to him, although at one time or another I have heard rumors that funds were about to be sent to him. On the other hand, I have heard that small amounts collected ostensibly for Sandino were eventually divided up among the collectors.
I have [etc.]