Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Address of the President to Congress December 4, 1917

File No. 337.11/185

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American Legation,
Habana, February 26, 1917, 1 p.m.

Officials of the Cuba Railway report thirty thousand tons coal and sugar warehouses in terminals at Nuevitas and Antilla. Destruction this coal would prevent operation cane hauling railroads for thirty mills. They are afraid rebels driven out Camaguey will use torch and believe presence of war vessels at those ports would save property.

Gonzales