819.6156 T 61/6
The Minister in Panama (South) to
the Secretary of State
Panama, February 21,
1927.
[Received March 4.]
No. 1333
Sir: With reference to my telegram of February
17th, 10:00 A.M. and to the Department’s reply of February 19th, 5:00
P.M., I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a note which was
delivered today to the Panaman Foreign Office regarding the railroad
concession embodied in the recently approved contract with the Tonosí
Fruit Company.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure]
The American Minister (South) to the Panaman Minister for Foreign Affairs
(Alfaro)
Panama, February 21,
1927.
[No. 566]
Excellency: With further reference to the
concession granted by the Government of Panama to the Tonosí Fruit
Company, I am instructed to inform Your Excellency that my
Government has observed that the concession authorizes the
construction by the Fruit Company of a railroad for the service of
its agricultural undertakings and also for the use of the
public.
While the Government of the United States is not disposed to object
in this specific case to the construction of the projected railway
line, I am instructed to inform Your Excellency that the fact that
no objection is made to the granting without the consent of the
United States of the concession referred to is not to be considered
as in any way indicating that the United States Government
relinquishes any of the benefits enjoyed by the Panama Railroad
Company under Article 2 of its concession of 1867.18
I avail myself [etc.]
[File copy not signed]
