Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1903

Mr. Hay to Mr. Bowen.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Department of State,
Washington, January 10, 1903.

(Mr. Hay states that Mr. Bowen’s arrival at Washington as Venezuela’s plenipotentiary must be awaited before any preliminaries can be adjusted, including the raising of the blockade, which may depend upon sufficiency of guaranty.)