838.51/2636

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

No. 27

Sir: I have the honor to inform the Department that upon receipt of its telegram No. 27 of April 13, 2 p.m., I called upon the Minister for Foreign Affairs and handed to him the draft of the treaty with Haiti as decided upon during my recent visit to Washington.48

M. Blanchet received the draft with evident interest. He expressed, however, disappointment that it had not been found possible to accept the changes proposed by the Haitian Government in its draft of Protocol B, and that my Government felt it necessary to adhere substantially to the text of Protocol B as included in the treaty of September 3, 1932. He asked me whether I thought we would be willing to separate Protocols A and B and to confine the present negotiations to Protocol A, embodying these in a treaty of friendship, leaving the question of the financial control after 1936 for settlement later.

I told the Foreign Minister that my instructions did not authorize me to open negotiations on such a basis and I thought it preferable that our talks for the present be confined to the draft which I had submitted to him. He agreed and accepted the document on that understanding.

Respectfully yours,

Norman Armour
  1. Draft not printed.