File No. 837.51/273
The Minister in Cuba ( Gonzales) to the Secretary of State
Your September 14 [15?], 6 p.m. I am satisfied President Whigham is not going to ask President for any special amount of money. He has expressed to me earnest wish that condition of Cuba Railroad be not further introduced as obstacle to loan.
Referring to last paragraph in your September 15, 6 p.m., Whigham tells me his program for work until end of January, including payment of half million for rails ordered and building additional repair shop, contemplates expenditure of $2,000,000. The concluding sentence of my September 14, 10 p.m., took this into account and I suggested the language to be used as conveying a condition in terms that could not offend while imposing a moral obligation on Cuba if the extra two millions were accepted. With this view before him I hope the Secretary of the Treasury will consider favorably the suggestion.