Protection of American Lives and Property Abroad

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Hoover Policy vs. Coolidge Pollicy of Protection

Earlier, announcements on protection of American life and property in Nicaragua, which had led to some confusion as to the future policy of the Hoover administration, were amplified by Secretary of State Stimson in a radio address, May 9, 1931, in which he said there was no intention to withdraw from American citizens in that country “the protection which American citizens in foreign lands are entitled and accustomed to receive under the law of nations.”

The long series of revolutions in Latin America and elsewhere during the last two years had often brought American lives and property into jeopardy, he said, and had created a condition of strain in the State Department almost as serious as if the United ...

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