Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 5, 1905

Minister Bowen to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
Caracas, August 18, 1904.

(Mr. Bowen reports he has requested, in compliance with Department’s instructions, that attorney-general move withdrawal of receiver and the return of property to company. States that president is in the country and so may not answer at once. Mr. Bowen says he is reliably informed that the president wants him recalled in order to settle with secretary [of legation].)