Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1899

Mr. Hay to Sir Julian Pauncefote.

Department of State,
Washington , January 21, 1899 .

No. 1323.]

Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 19th instant, in which inquiry is made as to whether passengers leaving Spain for Cuba and Porto Rico are required to provide themselves with passports.

In reply I beg to state that no passports are necessary for the entrance into Cuba and Porto Rico of passengers from Spain and elsewhere.

I have, etc.,

John Hay.