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

File No. 337.11/203

The Secretary of State to Minister Gonzales

[Telegram]

Department of State,
Washington, March 1, 1917, 7 p.m.

Protection for the following properties, owned by Americans, is urged by those interested therein: Guantanamo and Western Railroad Company; Santa Cecilia Sugar Company; La Maya Valley Land and Improvement Company; Ermita Sugar Company; Confluente Sugar Company; Guantanamo City Land and Development Company, all located in Oriente Province.

You will request the Cuban Government to have these properties properly guarded.

Lansing