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References
- ↑ Munro, Dana G. The United States and the Caribbean republics, 1921-1933. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1974. Pp. 233.
- ↑ United States . Department of State. The United States and Nicaragua: a survey of the relations from 1909 to 1932. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office. 1932. Pp. 82.
- ↑ Political Handbook of the World 1928. New York, 1929. p 139
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