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838.51/3383

Memorandum From the Haitian Legation Embodying the Principal Points of a Note From the Haitian Legation to the Haitian Government, May 8, 1937 25

May 8, 1937
[Translation]
1.
The American Government agrees to reduce the number of the present functionaries of the Fiscal Agency to seven, thus reducing the number, which is now fourteen, by one-half;
2.
No percentage will be considered for assuring the functioning of the new service to be established. As there is a discussion at the present time between a minimum of 600,000 Gourdes and a maximum of 1,000,000 to assure the functioning of the said service, the American Government proposes to the Haitian Government to increase the amount of the allocation to 800,000 Gourdes. The American Government in spite of all its good will, considers that the service cannot be carried on with a smaller allocation.
3.
The amount of the service on the loan and that of the salaries of the functionaries carrying on such service, being deducted from the receipts of the Republic, the balance will remain at the free disposal of the Haitian Government without having to obtain any previous agreement of any functionary of the new service to be created.
  1. Handed to the Assistant Secretary of State, May 17, 1937.↩