August 10, 1929
ON BEHALF of my fellow countrymen and in my own name I send to Your Excellency cordial greetings on this anniversary of Ecuador's independence.
HERBERT HOOVER
[ His Excellency Isidro Ayora, The President of Ecuador, Quito]
Herbert Hoover, Message to President Isidro Ayora on Ecuador's Independence Day. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/212649