737.39/9–1648: Airgram

The Secretary of State to the Embassy in the Dominican Republic 1

A–126. With reference to the consideration of Dominican charges against Cuba before the Inter-American Commission on Methods for the Peaceful Solution of Conflicts (Committee of Five), the following is the text of a press release issued by the Commission on September 9:

“The Inter-American Commission on Methods for the Peaceful Solution of Conflicts met at 4 p. m. on Thursday, September 9, 1948 to consider the matter submitted on August 13, 1948 by the Special Delegation of the Dominican Republic now in Washington.

“The following members of the Commission attended the meeting: Ambassador Luis Quintanilla, Representative of Mexico and Chairman of the Commission; Ambassador Enrique V. Corominas, Representative of Argentina; Ambassador Paul 0. Daniels, Representative of the United States; Doctor Sergio Correa da Costa, Representative of Brazil; Dr. Ricardo Sarabasa, Representative of Cuba.

“The following members of the Special Delegation of the Dominican Republic were present: Ambassador Julio Ortega Frier, Chairman; Ambassador Joaquín Salazar; Ambassador Arturo Despradel and Minister José Ramón Rodríguez.

“The Commission has already given careful consideration to the Note and accompanying documents delivered by the Dominican Delegation.

“As soon as the Commission was requested to intervene, its Chairman and members immediately proceeded to exchange views with the Representatives of the interested Parties for the purpose of finding a friendly manner of resolving their differences of opinion.

“As a result of the good services of the Commission, and of the special session held today, the Commission is pleased to announce that the Representatives of Cuba and the Representatives of the Dominican Republic have willingly accepted the suggestion of the Commission that direct negotiations be carried out through the usual official channels [Page 188] for the purpose of settling the matter in a way satisfactory to both. This, the Commission feels, can be accomplished without difficulty.

“The Commission is pleased to state that the happy results attained in this case—a notable instance of fair international behavior—is due principally to the good will manifested by the Commission and in the exchange of friendly conversations between themselves, were always motivated by the highest feeling of American fraternity, and by the spirit of unshakeable solidarity characteristic of inter-American relations.”

Marshall
  1. Copies were sent to the Embassies in Cuba and Haiti.