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

File No. 337.11/449

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Department of State,
Washington, April 17, 1917, 5 p.m.

Inform President Menocal immediately that Department has received information that plant of Holguin Exploration Company, at Aguas Claras, near Holguin, is in danger of destruction by rebels. Ask that Cuban Government afford immediate protection and that regular troops be sent to guard this American company’s plant.

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