837.00/2743
The Ambassador in Cuba (Judah) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 6.]
Sir: Referring to your instruction No. 359 of April 23, 1929, and your telegram No. 40, April 30, 5 PM,15 I have the honor to say that I today called upon President Machado and, in view of your telegram, I did not leave a copy of the instruction with him, nor did I read him the instruction, but orally presented to him the considerations contained therein except the last paragraph thereof.
President Machado replied that any Congressman could introduce a bill in the Cuban Congress but that the presentation of the bill did not mean that it would be passed. He said that he would use his influence to see that the bill in question was not passed and that, if it were passed, he would veto it. This means, in my opinion, that the bill will not be passed.
President Machado further said that I could assure the Secretary of State that no bill would be passed by the Cuban Congress which would impair in any way the political relations between the United States and Cuba.
I did not present to the President the considerations contained in the last paragraph of your instruction for the reason that there is, at the present time no political movement here to do away with any rights of the United States created by the terms of the Platt Amendment, and no public discussion, in the Press or otherwise, regarding the same.
I have [etc.]
- Telegram not printed.↩