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The Minister in Haiti (Armour) to the Secretary of State

134. Pixley has received a cable from De la Rue stating that he has elaborated with the bankers a plan for a revolving credit of one million dollars for Artibonite development.

The President returns Saturday next. Please cable whether you perceive any objection to my calling upon him, as proposed in my despatch number 22 of December 9th, to explain to him the Department’s difficulty in giving final approval to a new loan while the Haitian Government has failed to provide the definite agreement regarding financial administration after 1936 which is one of the guarantees of the present loan and to ascertain what assurances in this respect he feels he is in a position to give.

Armour