Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1926, Volume II

838.51/1865

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

Washington, April 1, 1926.

No. 298

Sir: The Department encloses, for your information, a copy of its note of March 26, 1926, to the French Embassy⁴⁵ relating to the desire of the French Government that the United States make representations to the Government of Haiti with a view to inducing the latter to agree to submit to arbitration the question whether the Haitian five per cent loan of 1910 is payable in gold francs or in francs of current circulation.

I am [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:

Robert E. Olds

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