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

File No. 838.111/125 A.

The Acting Secretary of State to the American Minister.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, July 23, 1913.

Inquiries have come to the Department from persons of Syrian origin who desire to go to Haiti, whether they will be permitted to enter that country. You will ascertain the present attitude of the Government of Haiti concerning the admission of persons of Syrian origin who have never been in Haiti or who have been there from time to time but who were not objects of the enforcement of the law of 1903, and report to the Department.

Moore.