838.20/37
The Chargé in Haiti (Bacon) to the Secretary of State
No. 293
Port-au-Prince, September 16, 1938.
[Received September 19.]
[Received September 19.]
Sir: I have the honor to inform the Department that Lieutenant Colonel Samuel J. Heidner and Captain Douglas B. Smith of the United States Military Mission arrived in Port-au-Prince by plane on September 16, 1938. They were met by Colonel André, Commandant of the Haitian Garde, and his Staff, and the Officers of this Legation.
President Vincent has requested to see these Officers as soon as possible, and I have arranged to take them to the Palace to introduce them to the President at 10 a.m., September 17.
Respectfully yours,
J. Kenly Bacon