Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 8, 1914

File No. 819.77/204.

The Acting Secretary of State to Minister Price.

[Telegram—Extract.]

Department of State,
Washington , October 15, 1914 .

Discreetly inform Panaman Government that Department’s approval of loan based on hypothecation of income of six million dollars permanently invested in New York, was based on the understanding that this money would be used only for building railroads in Province of Chiriquí.

Continue to keep Department fully informed and report by cable.

Lansing

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