File No. 337.11/482
Consul General Rodgers to the Secretary of State
Habana, April 30, 1917.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of various instructions of the Department relating to the welfare of certain Americans in the Province of Oriente, Cuba, these instructions being based upon inquiries received by the Department from friends of the persons in question. In general reply I beg to state that it has been reported to the American Minister and myself that absolutely no harm has come to any of the Americans who were in the revolutionary district of Cuba, and therefore it is to be assumed that all of the people mentioned in the instructions of the Department referred to are well.
Mail communication with Oriente Province is still somewhat interrupted, and therefore it may take some time to get specific information as to the various people named. On this account I make the general statement contained in the preceding paragraph. I will, however, address letters to those named, and in the event of receiving replies will promptly inform the Department.
I have [etc.]