738.39/92b: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Cuba (Wright)

105. The President last night received from the President of Haiti the anticipated invitation to join with Cuba and Mexico in a tender of good offices in the dispute which has arisen between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. The President intends to send a reply to the President of Haiti worded as follows:

[Here follows text of telegram dated November 14 from President Roosevelt to the President of Haiti, printed on page 135.]

He likewise intends to send a telegram to the President of the Dominican Republic couched in the following terms:

[Here follows text of telegram dated November 14 from President Roosevelt to the President of the Dominican Republic, printed on page 136.]

It would seem to be desirable that these messages sent individually by the three Presidents should be as similar in text as possible and that they be sent simultaneously.

Please obtain the point of view of the Government of Cuba with regard to the texts above quoted and suggest that should the Government of Cuba be in accord, the telegrams both to the President of Haiti and to the President of the Dominican Republic be sent at the same hour from Habana, Mexico City, and Washington. I suggest that 7 p.m., tomorrow, November 14, might be a convenient hour to the three Governments concerned.

Please telegraph me as promtly as possible what the decision of the Government of Cuba may be. You may state that the Government of Mexico is in accord with the texts indicated.

Hull