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The High Commissioner in Haiti (Russell) to the Secretary of State

No. 718

Sir: I have the honor to report that the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs of the Haitian Government, informs me that in view [Page 429] of the recent exchange of notes between the Haitian Minister at Washington and the Department of State, the Claims Commission has been informed of the provisions of the Haitian-French Agreement of June 12, 1925, for the regulations of the claims of French citizens and those under French protection. He also informs me that the above named agreement was sanctioned by the National Assembly in the session of February 17, 1926.

I have [etc.]

John H. Russell