File No. 738.3915/174a.]
The Acting Secretary of State to the American Minister to the Dominican Republic.1
Washington, September 24, 1912, 3 p.m.
You will hand the following note to the Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Government to which you are accredited:
“In view of its treaty relations to the Dominican Republic and to the collection of customs on the Dominican frontier, and in view of its position as mediator between the Dominican Republic and the Republic of Haiti regarding their boundary dispute, the Government of the United States has determined to regard as the provisional de facto boundary line between the two republics, without prejudice to the rights or obligations of either country and until a final settlement of the boundary controversy may be concluded, the line shown on the Map of Haiti and Santo Domingo prepared by the second (military information) division, General Staff, Washington, 1907 and 1908, on Monte Christi sheet No. 6 and Barahona sheet No. 7.
“In order that customs receipt may be properly safeguarded, the War Department will issue instructions to the Receiver General of [Page 369] Dominican Customs to reestablish and operate the border patrol, whose duty it shall be to see that the provisional line thus fixed is meantime respected.”
Duplicate copies of the map above referred to will be transmitted to the Legation by mail, so that one copy may be transmitted to the Government to which you are accredited. This instruction has also been sent to Furniss.
- The same to the American Minister to Haiti, changing the last word “Furniss” to “Russell.”↩