819.6363V23/—
The Minister in Panama (Price) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 7.]
Sir: I have the honor to report, for the information of the Department, that Mr. Lincoln G. Valentine has recently executed with the [Page 694] Government of Panama, a contract authorizing him to inspect, explore and exploit the whole of both coasts of the Republic of Panama, to the extent of a zone of fifteen miles parallel to, and along said coasts, for petroleum.
I enclose a copy of a translation of said contract,21 being (enclosure No. 1) contract No. 27, of the date of April 14, 1917.
Mr. Valentine represents the Sinclair-Central American Petroleum Interests, which he assures me is thoroughly an American corporation with an undivided fealty to the interests of our Government.
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