123W451/110: Telegram

The Acting Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Cuba (Welles)

54. Personal for the Ambassador. Could you give me any idea how much longer you feel that, in justice to the work which you are now doing, you should remain in Habana? I realize, of course, that there is still much to be done in the political field, as well as in the negotiations for the revision of the commercial treaty. With me it is a question of considering whether it would be worth while to appoint Caffery Assistant Secretary of State pending your return.

Phillips