817.00/5846: Telegram
The Minister in Nicaragua (Eberhardt) to the Secretary of State
Managua, July 21,
1928—3 p.m.
[Received 8:30 p.m.]
[Received 8:30 p.m.]
292. General Feland has just reported the following to this Legation:
“July 21st, 1928. Today 2 planes of this command while on reconnaissance duty in northeastern part of Nueva Segovia discovered a band of armed outlaws on the north bank of the Patuca River about 10 miles up that stream from its mouth. Our planes were fired upon by the outlaws’ machine guns and rifles. The planes dropped some handbills, were uninjured, and did not return the fire.”
Repeated to Tegucigalpa.
Eberhardt