Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 7, 1915

File No. 838.00/1295.

The Secretary of State to the Haitian Minister.

Department of State,
Washington, September 10, 1915.

Sir: I have your two letters dated the 4th and 6th instant, respectively.

It will, I am sure, be perfectly apparent to you that your two letters and our informal conversations can, under present circumstances, only be considered as having an unofficial character.

With every desire to preclude the possibility of any future embarrassment, I must again repeat my earnest conviction that the interests of Haiti will best be served by restricting pending negotiations to Port au Prince, exclusively.

I remain [etc.]

Robert Lansing.