File No. 811.34537/74.
The American Minister to the Secretary of State.
Habana, December 19, 1911.
Sir: Referring to Mr. Gibson’s No. 1234 of the 4th instant, in which he reports that the Cuban Government is considering the modifications proposed by the Navy Department in the agreement between the United States and Cuba regarding the extension of the boundary lines of the United States naval station at Guantánamo, I have the honor to report that Mr. Sanguily, the Cuban secretary of state, in the course of a call made upon me yesterday afternoon, stated that it was his belief and that of President Gómez that the [Page 126] Government of the United States alone was in a position to judge as to the proper limits for the naval station, and that he saw no objection which could fairly be made to the limits indicated by the Navy Department.
He added that the Senate would to-day adjourn until the 8th of January, and that by that time the President expected to be able to lay the whole matter before the Senate with greater hope of success than if the matter had been presented without this careful preparation.
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