838.51/4089: Telegram
The Chargé in Haiti (Sparks) to the Secretary of State
[Received 6:30 p.m.]
185. Referring to the Department’s telegram 171, October 15, the budget was approved yesterday and salary discounting began today.
By the inclusion of additional revenues and the imposition of a 5 percent reduction in the salaries of the enlisted personnel of the Garde it was possible to reduce the general budget reduction from 25 to 20 percent. A budget reduction of 10 percent will continue to be imposed on the officers and employees of the Office of the Fiscal Representative. Approval of the budget of the Internal Revenue Service required by article X of the 1933 Accord has been deferred for a few days at the request of the Minister of Finance pending further consideration of what would be an expedient rate of budget reduction.