File No. 033.1100 K77/222.]

The Minister of Haiti to the Acting Secretary of State .

[Translation]

My dear Mr. Wilson: I have had the honor to receive your letter of the 13th instant,2 relative to the decision reached by the Secretary of State with the concurrence of the President, to visit the capitals of the Republics of Central America and the Caribbean Sea, as well as those of Venezuela and the Republic of Panama and probably, also those of Mexico and Colombia.

I have lost no time in forwarding the happy intelligence to my Government and I am authorized to say to you even now that it will be quite agreeable to President Leconte and his Minister to receive and honor Mr. Knox, who may also count upon the cordial reception of every class of Haitian society.

I also expect that the visit of the Secretary of State, who as President of the Pan American Union will be at home everywhere, will exercise the most favorable influence on the relations of the two countries.

I beg you [etc.]

Solon Ménos.
  1. The identic letter printed under Panama: “Visit of the Secretary of State to the Republics of Central America and the Caribbean Sea,” p. 1240.