438.41R54/8
The British Ambassador (Geddes) to the Secretary of State
Sir: I have the honour, upon instructions from my Government, to invite reference to the note which you were so good as to address to me on October 13th, 1921,59 stating that the Government of Hayti has not yet appointed the member to be nominated for the Haytian Claims Commission by the Haytian Secretary of State for Finance, and that this Commission therefore cannot yet be constituted.
I have the honour to observe that it would be very agreeable to His Majesty’s Government if the United States Government could see their way to urge the Haytian Government to hasten a settlement of this matter. Apart from the desirability, on general grounds, of securing an early settlement of the questions involved, I am instructed to draw attention to the great inconvenience which would be caused by a delay necessitating the sitting of the Commission in Hayti during the next hot season.
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