438.00/109
The British Appointed Ambassador (Geddes) to the Secretary of State
Sir: I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 6th inst. in which you inform me that the Financial Adviser to the Government of Haiti will nominate, after consultation with this Embassy, a British subject to serve during consideration of British claims as the third member of the Haitian Claims Commission.
In view of the provision thus made for British representation on the Commission, I am authorized to inform you that His Majesty’s Government withdraw the reservation made in the note from this Embassy of January 31st, to the effect that they cannot agree to the reduction of any admitted claim. They must however maintain the right, as formulated in the same note, to present claims through the diplomatic channel failing a satisfactory settlement.
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