File No. 837.711/12
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Cuba ( Gonzales )
Your February 22, noon.1 All mail in transit between Spain and Mexico, and Spain and other countries of Latin America, which is not subject to the censorship of our allies, is taken, held and examined by the Censorship of the United States, when vessels carrying mail touch at any of our ports.
It is most urgently desired by this Government that all mail terminal and transit, touching at Cuban ports, other than mail originating in or destined for the United States, which has not been censored by our allies, and which will not encounter the censorship of our allies, be subjected to a most searching censorship.
Report by cable result of your representations.
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