File No. 837.00/1464

The Cuban Minister ( De Céspedes) to the Secretary of State

No. 44

Mr. Secretary of State: In answer to your excellency’s note No. 460, dated January 15, 1918, I have the honor of informing your excellency that my Government has instructed me to assure you that upon delivery of the funds received by the American authorities in the Republic of Haiti from the accused persons, Rigoberto Fernández Lecuona, Luís Loret de Mola y Castillo, Luis Estrada y Estrada, José de Cárdenas Armenteros and Joaquín A. de Oro y Vizcaino, the Government of Cuba will thereafter hold the Government of the United States and its officers harmless from all claims of whatsoever nature which may be brought against it or them by Fernandez, et al., the Cuban Government or any agency thereof, or otherwise, on account of the possession or transfer of these moneys by the Government of the United States or on account of any action of the United States or its officers in regard to them, or otherwise.

Accept [etc.]

Carlos Manuel de Céspedes