File No. 811.34537/56.
The American Minister to
the Secretary of State.
American Legation,
Habana,
Cuba, April 17,
1911.
No. 758.]
Sir: With reference to the project to enlarge
our naval station at Guantánamo, I have the honor to transmit herewith a
copy of a “Confidential Memorandum,” which I read to Sr. Sanguily, the
Cuban secretary of state, this afternoon, and left with him at his
request. This memorandum was compiled from several of the department’s
instructions or their accompanying documents (I from No. 254, II from
No. 278,2 and III from
No. 277), and was presented to Sr. Sanguily as a reply to his
confidential note of February 8, of which a copy was sent in my dispatch
No. 623 * * *.3
I have, etc.,
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[Inclosure.]
The American Minister
to the Cuban Secretary of
State.
[Memorandum.]
- I.
- [See Naval Station at Guantánamo.]
- II.
- As to the release of Cuba by the President of the United
States from any liability for the expenditures made by the
American Government in connection with its maintenance of
military forces in Cuba during the last intervention, it should
be said that inasmuch as the Congress of the United States has
never directed the President to make a demand upon Cuba for
reimbursement of the expenditures by the Government of the
United States, and inasmuch as the Executive has never made any
demand or set forth any claim against the Government of Cuba for
such expenditures, it would seem wisest to refrain from
agitating the question at this time and meanwhile to permit the
matter to rest where it now is.
- III.
- [See Isle of Pines.]
