File No. 837.6112/4.
The American Minister to
the Secretary of State.
No. 343.]
American Legation,
Habana,
July 18, 1912.
Sir: In pursuance of the Department’s
telegraphic instruction of July 17, I have today addressed a note to the
President of Cuba in regard to the Zapata Swamp Concession, of which I
have the honor herewith to transmit a copy and translation.
I have [etc.].
[Inclosure.—Translation.]
The American Minister
to the President of Cuba.
No. 1041.]
American Legation,
Habana,
July 18, 1912.
My Dear Mr. President: In pursuance of
instructions from my Government, I have the honor to inform you
that, upon such examination as my Government has been able to make
of the so-called Zapata concession as contained in Decree No. 556,
dated June 18 and published in the Gaceta Oficial of June 21, 1912,
the project seems so clearly ill-advised and improvident and such a
reckless wasting of public revenue and of natural resources which
Cuba can ill afford to lose, that my Government is impelled to
express to the Cuban Government its strong disapproval of the scheme
and its firm conviction that, upon final consideration, the Cuban
authorities will not suffer a measure so inimical to the interests
of the Cuban people to be put into operation.
It affords me great pleasure, my dear Mr. President, to renew
[etc.].
