838.00/2979: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Haiti (Munro)
40. Legation’s 53, June 4, 10 a.m. The Department will support you fully in the position you have assumed and you may so inform the appropriate Haitian authorities.
You may point out that as stated in the Department’s telegram No. 36 of June 3, 5 p.m. this Government will insist on full observance of the existing treaty commitments affecting the financial service. Direct particular attention to the agreement of August 24, 1918, wherein the Haitian Government has agreed that any project of law bearing upon any of the objects of the treaty, prior to being submitted to the legislative body of Haiti, shall be communicated to the representative of the United States for the information of his Government and if necessary for discussion between the two Governments. You may add in this connection that the Department regards the failure of the Haitian authorities to comply with this commitment as especially incomprehensible in view of the clear understanding on that point which had been arrived at in the prior discussions with de la Rue.