File No. 837.00/1416a
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Cuba ( Gonzales)
Department is reliably informed that many murders are being committed in Camaguey and Oriente provinces, the victims being in most cases members of the Liberal Party who participated in the recent revolution. This condition is reported as terrifying labor and as creating apprehension lest promises of amnesty will not operate to protect those persons to whom such promises were given. You will please inform the Cuban Government that such reports have reached this Government and express this Government’s confidence that the Cuban Government will exert every effort to maintain orderly conditions in the provinces mentioned. This is particularly essential in view of the importance of reassuring the laborers who will be required to handle the next sugar crop.