838.00/2772: Telegram

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

41. Your 52, April 3.34 The Department approves your general recommendation that no changes be made in the conduct of the [Page 243] treaty services until the installment of the permanent President, although in following out the recommendations of the Commission it may be found necessary to make certain minor changes. The Department will be glad to receive suggestions from the head of each treaty service outlining a policy and program to be put into effect upon the inauguration of the permanent President.

If any new appropriation is made for roads the Department feels that new construction should be confined to roads which are urgently and immediately needed for the movement of the coffee crop or other products. Furthermore, no plan of new construction should actually be carried out until it has been approved by the new temporary President. The Department assumes that you have already considered the necessity for providing funds to cover the cost of the congressional elections.

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