438.00/124
The Secretary of State to the French Chargé (Béarn)
Sir: I have received your note of August 27, 1921, in which you state that the Government of the Republic has just designated M. René Delage, Consul of France, formerly Chargé d’Affaires of France at Port-au-Prince, to represent it on the Claims Commission that is to pass upon the French claims against the Government of Haiti. You request in your note of August 27 to be informed on what date my Government would wish Mr. Delage to arrive at Port-au-Prince and to receive confirmation of the impression gathered from my note of July 29, last, that the salary and allowance to be paid by the Haitian Government to the French representative will run from the day of his arrival to that of his departure.
In reply to your inquiry, this Department interprets the language of the Protocol of October 3, 1919, establishing the Claims Commission, copy of which is herewith enclosed,58 to mean that the aforementioned [Page 231] salary and allowance will run from the date of the arrival of the French representative until his departure from Port au Prince upon the conclusion of his service on the Commission. The date on which it will be desired that the French representative shall arrive at Port au Prince for the assumption of his duties on the Commission will be communicated to you as soon as it has been ascertained.
Accept [etc.]