File No. 811.34537/60.
The Acting Secretary of Navy to the Secretary of State.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of June 9, 1911, inclosing copy of the translation of the draft of an agreement between the United States and Cuba, providing for the desired exchange of additional land for our naval station at Guantánamo in return for the release by the United States of the Bahía Honda, naval reservation, and asking for an expression of opinion.
This agreement has been referred to the general board of the Navy, which reports as follows:
The boundaries described in the inclosed draft of agreement are in accordance with the recommendations of the joint board, as expressed in its letter of March 25, 1907,1 except that in paragraph 6 the figures are “0.21 nautical mile” instead of “0.17 nautical mile.”
2. The general board recommends the ratification of the agreement and approval of the boundaries prescribed, subject to such verification of the surveys as may be necessary to avoid error.
This report of the general board is approved, and the ratification of the agreement in its present general form is recommended by this Department.
- See reference to this letter above, introductory note.↩