Office of the Historian

File No. 837.61351/149

The Cuban Minister ( De Céspedes) to the Secretary of State

Washington, July 10, 1918.

My Dear Mr. Secretary: I have the honor of informing your excellency that His Excellency the President of Cuba has designated Mr. H. R. Hawley, Mr. M. Rionda, and your humble servant to act as delegates for Cuba in the fixing of the price of Cuban sugar for the crop of 1918–19, as also for all matters relating to the contract.1

This commission, [over] which I have the honor to preside, present their respectful salutations to your excellency, and are to hold the preliminary meeting with the officials of the United States Food Administration to-morrow at 10 o’clock a.m.

With the assurances [etc.]

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes
  1. The new contract, based on considerably advanced prices, was signed, October 24, 1918.↩