File No. 811.34537/29.
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Habana, October 31, 1910.
Sir: Referring to my dispatch No. 380,1 of the 3d instant, I have the honor to report that Mr. Meyer, the Secretary of the Navy, has requested me to defer taking up the question of obtaining an enlargement of the naval station at Guantánamo until after he had inspected the same, as he is by no means certain that he considers the proposed enlargement desirable. Under the circumstances, although I had expected to take this matter up during the next few days, I shall await a confirmation of the Department’s instruction No. 114, of August 18, 1910, before taking any action in the premises. Please inform me if I am correct in understanding that it is the fixed intention of the Department to relinquish the leasehold to land at Bahía Honda if the Guantánamo enlargement should be granted.
I have, etc.,
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