File No. 838.516/32.
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Washington, December 31, 1914.
Department has received a cable from Port au Prince with request that it be forwarded you, which it does, paraphrased, as follows:
Judge of Federal authority came and verified cash, placing seals on safes which contain cash as balance of retrait. Suspension of operations compulsory. Shall we close bank? We wait instructions from you. Government promulgated liberal issue of paper, also law authorizing creation of a new bank by the Government and interior loan 1,200,000 gourdes guaranteed by all free duties at time of issue.
Bank Haiti.