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838.00Electoral Law/4: Telegram

The Chargé in Haiti (Merrell) to the Secretary of State

[Paraphrase]
Port au Prince, July 10, 1925—5 p.m.
[Received July 11—6:20 a.m.]

37. Department’s No. 27, July 8, 7 p.m. Reaction in Haiti to sending expert on electoral matters would be unfavorable, in my opinion, with both Government and Opposition. Latter would resent the sending of another American expert and both factions would think any one not thoroughly familiar with Haitians and conditions here incompetent to undertake solution of problem. I believe that last March President Borno informed the High Commissioner that for these reasons he would oppose the sending of an expert.6

Merrell
  1. Marginal notation: “I spoke with General Russell about this on Sept. 1. He agrees with Merrell. S[tokeley] M[organ].” Mr. Morgan was a Foreign Service officer attached to the Division of Latin American Affairs, Department of State.↩