738.3915/328: Telegram
The Minister in the Dominican Republic ( Young ) to the Secretary of State
[Received 7:30 p.m.]
8. Informal conversations looking to the settlement of the boundary question have been instituted here. It now seems likely that an exchange of notes will be effected soon agreeing to settle the question on the basis of the status quo line, with minor adjustments involving the mutual cession of territory to be worked out after the exchange of notes. The subsequent steps will involve agreement as to territory to be ceded, the amendment of article 3 of the Constitution of the Dominican Republic, and the formal ratification of the final agreement. Both sides are optimistic.