611.3731/198: Telegram
The Ambassador in Cuba (Crowder) to the Secretary of State
[Paraphrase]
Habana, May 17,
1926—4 p.m.
[Received 8:35 p.m.]
[Received 8:35 p.m.]
84. From a source close to President Machado I have received the following reliable information:
- (1)
- That President Machado sent the note transmitted with my despatch No. 1416, May 7, out of deference to an almost unanimous public opinion in Cuba on the matter;
- (2)
- That the Government of Cuba would appreciate as an act of courtesy Department’s prompt expression, in most general terms, of its willingness, when a convenient time may offer itself, to enter upon a discussion of trade relations between the United States and Cuba with view to render them truly reciprocal, even though such discussion should lead to no result;
- (3)
- That Department’s unwillingness to enter into such a discussion as suggested above would seriously impair prestige of the present administration.
I have expressed no opinion as to what Department’s decision might be.
Crowder