Office of the Historian

838.51/859: Telegram

The Minister in Haiti (Bailly-Blanchard) to the Secretary of State

Port au Prince, August 11, 1919, 5 p.m.
[Received August 14, 1.02 a.m.]

Department’s August 9, 5 p.m.41 Budget passed. McIlhenny will leave first steamer after signature of protocol.

Agreement reached as to protocol except Haitian Government insists replace phrase, “with the advice and consent or approval of the Financial Adviser” whenever it therein occurs, by “in accord with the Financial Adviser.”

Respectfully request approval of [this] arrangement and powers by cable as per Department’s June 7, 5 p.m.

Blanchard
  1. “Has budget been passed? When does McIlhenny leave?”↩