838.00/2986: Telegram
The Minister in Haiti (Munro) to the Secretary of State
[Received 5 p.m.]
62. My 61, June 18, 10 a.m. If the Haitianization negotiations should result in an impasse, I think we should immediately announce a plan of our own and proceed to put the same into effect, but making an announcement thereof in such a way as not to close the door to further negotiations with the Government of Haiti. In order to prevent an outburst of popular feeling and possible disorders here it will be essential to make the announcement at the moment when the negotiations are broken up. Such a course would be unsatisfactory in many ways, but I am of the opinion that it would be better than a further protracted discussion of the Haitianization question especially in view of the Government’s increasingly obstructive tactics toward the treaty services and the increasingly hostile attitude of public opinion. If the occasion should arise, I shall telegraph the Department an outline of [Page 483] the announcement I should like to make. I hope that this stage will not be reached. It is quite possible, however, that there will be a definite break over the Aarons case, and if we should give in in this case, I think that the Government of Haiti would provoke other controversies which would prevent the execution of any agreement we might sign.