837.512/8–2444
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Cuba (Nufer)
Sir: The Department has under study a survey of the whole tax situation in Cuba touching this Government’s agencies there and their operations, and desires the Embassy to compile and transmit to the Department a statement showing
- (a)
- The governmental agencies operating in Cuba and the nature of their operations;
- (b)
- The nature of the taxes imposed upon them and/or their operations (if the agency is a Cuban corporation, the statement should show how and when it was organized, by whom the stock is owned, the nature of its business, and other pertinent facts necessary to obtain an overall picture);
- (c)
- Taxes which have been remitted by the various and sundry decrees issued by the Cuban Government, and whether taxes previously paid have been refunded, and the amount thereof.
This Government has constructed in Cuba some airports, and perhaps other installations, which following the conclusion of the war, are to be turned over in whole or in part to the Cuban Government. A list of these installations should be given and a statement made as to the tax situation concerning them.
Some of the data herein requested may be taken from the enclosure to the Embassy’s despatch no. 6633 of April 15, 1944,42 which the Department has found very helpful.
Very truly yours,
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