Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 2, 1913

File No. 839.00/986.

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American Legation,
Santo Domingo, December 3, 1913.

Your December 2 was timely and I have notified the Government that the commissioners are coming; it accepted the notice in good part, promised its publication tomorrow and pledged itself to maintain proper conditions for a free ballot and free speech. Exclusive of the commissioners about thirty agents are needed. The people generally are accepting our good faith but fear our intentions will be defeated by duplicity.

Sullivan.