Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1941, The American Republics, Volume VII

838.51/4252: Telegram

The Minister in Haiti ( White ) to the Secretary of State

Port-au-Prince , June 2, 1941—noon.
[Received 2:11 p.m.]

107. The President and the Minister for Foreign Affairs^32a have both expressed the desire that in order to accelerate the conclusion of the agreement regarding new fiscal arrangements the negotiations should be carried on here the more so as the date of departure of Dennis to the United States^32b may be delayed.

Please cable how soon the Department will be ready to continue negotiations and whether the above Haitian suggestion is agreeable.

White

1. Charles Fombrun became Minister for Foreign Affairs on May 15, 1941.
2. Fernand Dennis, former Minister for Foreign Affairs, had been named Minister to the United States.