838.001B64/16
The High Commissioner in Haiti (Russell) to the Secretary of
State
Port-au-Prince, May 7, 1930.
[Received May
20.]
No. 1702
Sir: I have the honor to forward herewith for
the Department’s information a translation of a letter this date
received from His Excellency Louis Borno, President of Haiti.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure—Translation]
The President of Haiti (Borno) to the American High Commissioner (Russell)
Port-au-Prince, May 6,
1930.
Mr. High Commissioner: I have read with
lively satisfaction the communication you sent me on the 4th of May,
on behalf of your Government, and I beg you to transmit to it my
sincere thanks.
I have the conviction of having served my country well in cordially
cooperating in the efficacious execution of the Treaty of 1915 which
bears my signature; and I am happy to express to you on this
occasion my full gratitude for the valuable and fruitful aid which
you personally, as High Commissioner, have always given me during
the eight years of my administration.
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Despite all biased utterances the Intervention of the United States
has been beneficial to Haiti:—history will so record.
I renew to you the assurance of my special friendship and my very
high consideration.
