Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1898

[Personal.]

Mr. Adee to Mr. Thiébaut.

Department of State, May 7, 1898.

My Dear Mr. Thiébaut: With further reference to your personal note to me of the 27th ultimo, I beg to inform you that if the owners of the captured steamer Buena Ventura desire to correspond with her officers and crew the Secretary of the Navy suggests that if communications, open for inspection, be sent to the commandant of the United States naval station at Key West there would probably be no objection to their delivery, provided the contents of the communications do not render such action inadvisable.

Very truly, yours,

Alvey A. Adee.