File No. 811.34537/49.
The American Minister to
the Secretary of State.
American Legation,
Habana, February 11,
1911.
No. 623.]
Sir: Referring to previous correspondence in
regard to the enlargement of our naval station at Guantánamo, I have the
honor to
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transmit herewith a
copy and translation of a confidential note dated the 8th instant which
I received from Sr. Sanguily, the Cuban secretary of state, last night *
* *.1
The Secretary in this note refers to the treaty of 1904 in regard to the
Isle of Pines for the first time * * *.
I have [etc.],
[Inclosure.]
The Cuban Secretary of
State to the American
Minister.
[Extract.—Translation.]
Department of State,
Habana, February 8,
1911.
No. 13.]
Mr. Minister: In reference to the
conversation which we had when your excellency brought me your note
in regard to the new limits to be given to the Guantánamo naval
station2 it is a real pleasure to me to advise your
excellency * * * [concerning the Guantánamo naval station and the
Intervention claims, which see for the text omitted.]
The present occasion also seems to me a most propitious one in which,
once for all, by means of a resolution of the Federal Congress, to
define the soverignty of the Isle of Pines, the uncertainty of the
nationality of which, because not conforming to the provisions of
the Piatt amendment and the treaty of 1904, is a continual source of
annoying difficulties to both Governments and of constant friction
between the North American subjects who have settled there and Cuban
authorities in that territory. * * * [The omission concerns the
possibility of a third intervention, also the area of Bahía Honda,
and is printed under Naval Station at Guantánamo.]
I avail, etc.,
