889.51/4374
The Secretary of State to
the Minister in the Dominican Republic (
Schoenfeld
)
No. 427
Washington
, May 12, 1936.
Sir: With reference to your telegram No. 12 of
April 22, 1936,54
reporting the appearance in the local press of an article announcing
that the Dominican Chamber of Deputies had passed, and that the Senate
was considering, a bill transferring for irrigation purposes $225,000.00
from the $600,000.00 appropriated in the 1936 Dominican budget for the
payment of floating debt claims, there is transmitted herewith a note
which you will please address to the Minister of Foreign Affairs on this
subject.
Very truly yours,
For the Secretary of State:
Sumner
Welles
[Enclosure]
Draft of Note To Be Addressed to the Dominican
Minister for Foreign Affairs (Bonetti
Burgos)
Excellency: I have the honor to inform Your
Excellency that I have duly informed my Government of an article
appearing in the local press of April 21, 1936, reporting a project
of law now before the National Legislature transferring for
irrigation purpose the sum of $225,000 from the $600,000
appropriated in the 1936 budget for the payment of floating debt
claims and I have been instructed by my Government again to call
attention to the repeated assurances of the Dominican Government
that at least certain floating debt claims of American citizens
would be properly provided for and to express to [Page 463] Your Excellency the assumption of my
Government that in the event the transfer of such funds is made as
contemplated in the project of law, it will in no way interfere with
or delay the payment of just debts now due American claimants. My
Government has instructed me to state that it would appreciate
confirmation of this assumption.
Accept [etc.]