838.51/4061: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Haiti (Sparks)
161. Your 167, October 4. You are requested to bring to the attention of President Vincent the estimate of the Fiscal Representative that 200,000 gourdes of additional revenues could be added to the budget following the immediate cancellation of the Franco-Haitian commercial Convention.
You may add that the Department fails to understand the reluctance of the Haitian government to terminate this agreement, when it is obvious that France is at present unable to purchase Haitian coffee or other exports.
In view also of present conditions in Europe, there appears to be no likelihood that trade channels between France and Haiti will be reopened in the foreseeable future.