Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 2, 1902

Mr. Bowen to Mr. Hay.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Legation of the United States,
Caracas, May 4, 1902.

(Mr. Bowen reports that the plan suggested in the Department’s cable had already been suggested by him to the President of Venezuela, by whom it was very gracefully accepted; that the Venezuelan consul will now issue clearance papers to the Viking and inspect the ship before and after each trip, so as to see that she carries only provisions.)