May 20, 1931
IN THE NAME of the people of the United States, and in my own, I desire to extend to Your Excellency and to the people of Cuba on this memorable anniversary, most cordial greetings and best wishes.
HERBERT HOOVER
[His Excellency General Gerardo Machado y Morales, President of Cuba, Habana]
Herbert Hoover, Message to President Gerardo Machado y Morales on Cuba's Independence Day. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/212920