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No. 869 Subject: POLITICAL STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL AM 11 56 RECEIVED DEPARTMENT OF STATE OIVISION OF SHONLYONOWO AND ACROS STKA 1935 OCT 816. 00 1497 The Honorable The Secretary of State, Washington, OCT 12 1936 MR. WELLES FILED 2 Sir: 18:00 1495 In continuation of my Despatoh No. 835 of September 5, 1935, have the honor to submit for the information of the Department a circular, and translation thereof, attacking Don León Cortés, candidate for President, which was widely distributed and in some places posted on windows in the town of Alajuela, the home of Mr.
Cortés.
The circular, typical of the extreme lengths to which mud slinging is now being employed in the presidential