838.51/3742: Telegram
The Minister in Haiti (Mayer) to the Secretary of State
[Received 2:54 p.m.]
139. Department’s telegram No. 81, October 12, 1 p.m. In carrying out the Department’s instructions today, the Minister for Foreign Affairs informs me that the Haitian Government agrees to our Government’s [Page 641] interpretation of our trade agreement, intends to honor its pledged word, make the necessary restitutions to American importers here, and extend to American imports of similar character to certain French goods covered in the Franco-Haitian Commercial Convention, the most-favored-nation treatment.
The Minister for Foreign Affairs said that he would take the necessary action toward this end on the morning of October 26 and would notify me that he had done so. The Haitian Government desires to wait until this date in view of the fact that the meeting scheduled to take place with the French Minister in connection with a regular discussion of the Franco-Haitian trade convention is set for October 25.