838.51/4065: Telegram
The Chargé in Haiti (Sparks) to the Secretary of State
[Received 9:54 p.m.]
172. Referring to my telegram No. 171, October 7, 6 p.m., in view of the tenacious opposition being offered by President Vincent to the fiscalization of the communal revenues and by way of compromise if it should prove necessary I strongly recommend and the Fiscal Representative fully concurs that I be authorized to suggest to President Vincent to require the communes to turn over to the Treasury during the existing emergency 50% of their revenues, collection to be made by the Internal Revenue Service. This was suggested by him as the basis for a communal loan (my despatch No. 989, September 6).