File No. 811.34537/70.
The Secretary of State to
the American Chargé d’Affaires.
Washington, November 24,
1911.
No. 411.]Sir: Referring to your legation’s No. 884 of
June 1, 1911, and previous correspondence relating to the matter of the
extension of
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the boundary
lines of the United States naval station at Guantánamo, I inclose a copy
of a letter from the Secretary of the Navy.
When you have ascertained that the Government of Cuba accepts the
modifications of the draft agreement as now proposed by the Secretary of
the Navy, you will so advise the Department by telegraph. The
President’s full powers will then be forwarded. I am, etc.,
[Inclosure.]
The Secretary of the
Navy to the Secretary of
State.
Washington, November 13,
1911.
Sir: Referring to previous correspondence
relative to the matter of the extension of the boundary lines of the
United States naval station at Guantánamo, and particularly to the
proposed draft of agreement with the Republic of Cuba, forwarded by
the United States minister at Habana with his dispatch No. 884 of
June 1, 1911, I have the honor to request that the exclusion, from
the enlarged territory, of the railroad near the original northern
boundary of the station be provided for by altering said proposed
draft of agreement in the following particulars, viz [description by
metes and bounds]:
For convenient reference there is inclosed herewith a drawing showing
approximately the location of the lines described above and of the
railroad it is intended to exclude from the station limits.
