November 03, 1931
PLEASE ACCEPT my most cordial congratulations on this auspicious anniversary and the assurances of the good will which this Government and people bear for Your Excellency's country.
HERBERT HOOVER
[His Excellency Ricardo J. Alfaro, The President of Panama, Panama City]
Herbert Hoover, Message to President Ricardo J. Alfaro on Panama's Independence Day. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/206794