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The Haitian Minister (Bellegarde) to the Acting Secretary of State
Mr. Secretary of State: On the occasion of the signature of the Accord of August 5, 1931, constituting an important step toward the [Page 509] execution of the Forbes Commission recommendations, approved by the President of the United States, for an early discontinuance of the effects of the 1915 Convention and of the military occupation of the Republic of Haiti, my Government instructs me to express to your Excellency, in its own name as well as in the name of the nation which it represents, the sincere joy which this happy conclusion of its pourparlers with the American Government causes it.
Such a conclusion, due chiefly to the spirit of conciliation, of goodwill and sincerity which prevailed during the conversations between the Minister of the United States and the Secretary of State for Foreign Relations makes possible the firm hope that the coming negotiations, conducted in the same spirit, will soon result, to the common satisfaction of both High Parties, in the most complete success.
The Haitian Government cannot forget the personal and direct participation of the President of the United States in the happy events which have taken place in the Republic of Haiti since the sending of the Forbes Commission, which was determined by himself. For this reason, it sincerely wishes, through the kind offices of your Excellency, to address to the Chief Executive the expression of its gratitude for this first step accomplished in the application, with respect to Haiti, of the broad Pan American policy of equality, friendship and justice advocated by Mr. Herbert Hoover.
In expressing to Your Excellency my personal thanks for the friendly assistance which I have always received from the Department of State, I am particularly happy at the coincidence which makes it possible for me to forward to the President of the United States the good wishes of the Haitian Government and people on the anniversary of the birth of Mr. Hoover.
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