File No. 611.3731/40.
The American Minister to
the Secretary of State.
American Legation,
Habana, October 25,
1911.
No. 1150.]
Sir: Referring to my dispatch No. 1134 of the
18th instant, I have the honor to transmit a copy and translation of a
note received this morning from the Cuban Secretary of State.
I have, etc.,
[Inclosure—Translation.]
The Cuban Secretary of
State to the American
Minister.
Department of State,
Habana, October 25,
1911.
Mr. Minister: In continuation of the
conversation that I had the honor to have with your excellency a few
days ago, I beg that you will inquire of your Government if it
considers it convenient and immediately feasible to agree with that
of Cuba upon the extension for another five years of the treaty of
commercial reciprocity that is still in force, though automatically;
and if it would be willing to enter into negotiations with a view to
the modfication of the treaty in the sense of providing for greater
advantages for some American products and for our sugars and
tobacco.
I avail, etc.,
