838.51/840

The Secretary of State to the Haitian Minister (Moravia)

The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Minister of Haiti and has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of his note of February 14,34 transmitting a memorandum of January 25, 1919, in which the Haitian Government requests that attention be given to certain acts of the Financial Adviser of Haiti.

According to information which the Department has received, question as to the control of the Financial Adviser over the finances of the Republic of Haiti has been decided in favor of the contention of the Financial Adviser and is no longer seriously questioned by the Haitian Government.

The Secretary of State is further informed that the complaints of the Haitian Government of the administrative acts of the former Financial Adviser and his general administrative policy toward the Haitian Government, have been resolved since the receipt of the note of the Minister of Haiti of February 14 last.

  1. Ante, p. 316.