File No. 811.34537/115.
The Secretary of State to the American Minister.
Washington , January 11, 1913 .
Sir: Referring to your No. 571 of December 27, the Department desires to say that it submitted the agreement between the United States and Cuba for the enlargement of the Guantánamo Naval Station to the Secretary of the Navy. He points out a slight error occurring in the English text of paragraph 11 of article I.
You will perceive that this paragraph was correct in the draft furnished with your No. 477 of October 23 last, which reads:
“From the western extremity of this line, a curved line running in coincidence with the northeastern and northern shore line of Flamingo Cay,” etc.
The present agreement substitutes the word “northwestern” for the word “northeastern,” an evident error as is shown by the Spanish text, which is correct. It is not known, of course, whether this error also exists in the Cuban original, but I return the agreement forwarded by you in order that correction may be made in both originals if necessary. The correction may be made and signed by the initials of the plenipotentiaries in the margin of the text.
You will return the agreement as soon as possible after correction.
I am [etc.]