TRANSMITTING NOTE TO HAITIAN GOVERNMENT MAKING FORMAL RESERVATION OF THE RIGHTS OF THE UNITED STATES WITH REGARD TO THE ISLAND OF NAVASSA.

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP08C01297R000300280010-0
• Release Decision: RIFPUB
• Original Classification: U
• Document Page Count: 4
• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 14, 2012
• Sequence Number: 10
• Publication Date: October 9, 1946
• Content Type: MEMO

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La, 29 k?aiti, October 9, 19460
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i.ote to Luitian aovernwent
keriAtikl. ,:eservz.ttien. of the 146hts of the talked
;-tutes -ith It.ezard to the island of .it.ivasSa.1
tAk,)
The zonorable
The ',secretary of :.,tate,
.Jashington, D. (.
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Ath reference to tho Dopri.rt.ent's airrum no. 240
duted October ifs 194J iLstructiht: L.e to address a i.ote
to the liaitian ?koverrueLent d1A forual reservation of
tho rkiitt3 of the 'united tz,tates with rocurd to the
Isluna of Lavavm in connection ?Jith the proposed new
-altian t;o1,.3titution, 1 1.14VU tne honor to transmit here-
Iiith a copy ox,tne Lute in q.ution, tot.,tnor with en-
closure.
14nclosure:
1/ Copy of ..4,ote Lo. 16
of October 9, 19460
:ale: 301.1
it tratannAmi.
20 the purheflt . in or
and nectoapuph.
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Aespectfully yours,
li, Tittoann
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DEPARTMETOFAIE .'i
ABM
-; OCT 30 1946
intisiou OF MAP INTELLIGENCE
AND CARTOORAPHY
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? 4;no1o3tty.ve no 1 to despatch 404; 29 of October 9, 1946,
fray,a the 1,4a1,Jask4y,
C6.1.1
vo, 18
October 9, 1946.
*.C.aceliency:
1 irive the honor-to kefer to .txticlo / of the
propow4 IlEAV tU,ti011 uf aLtiti 1IL4.Ch tates that
tia4 island of ilavtteus. IL> iutecral p,..trtol tau tor-
!itory of .Ev..4.1ti, lu ao much t..w kly Cttovornhient recurds
.44...;.va4ozia as Cal:Linz Lu24ter the ,sovereicsxty of tile United
hAt.ttoo 1 am instructed to inforia your Lacellenoy that
foriaal reservation is? hereb,y wade of the rights of the
Lnited .)tates 'with recctrO, to th.ie
.reforence.-i ade in this oonneotion to
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the S.,:ote &rued c../cilptelabo.r 12, 1932 frc.z.i. tau Lot Ion of
the Quite?. ,.,tateu or 1.11,orics to th th4t cretc.try
of _,,tute fox: itcaGtioxis flw two otion
ty,icen by Illy Government V, ith respeot to the- 1;eitian
ornuont's claim to Lavuon as expressod in hirtiele 1 of
? the tioltitai,(Jonst;Itutio4 of 1932.,4 copy of this ilote
'is atto,t14.,,d, for lour Lxcellericy:\ts inforiaitio110
I avail :myself of the opportunity to renew to lour,
Lxoollonoy ti.to es,:urcasoes of ray hiohest coasideration,
4unoloeuxe
.L;Op..,11.oi iiote ? ot .
. oepteibur 12,. 19320
Ajis1.1X.6e11tricy
Dr0, Jet,in,
Oreitt.il of ttate for.
oor,y/ki4ta
siffairs,
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.5nc1osure to ,,holosure Loa 1 to ac(-,paten no, 29 of
October 9, 194b, fro.1 the 1.ort-au-.L.rinco.
Lo3.18O
4ort-au-.trince? naiti ..;-eptelAbor 12, 1932
xecllencyV
I haVe t1Lt nonor to inform .our ..ixoolioncy that my
OUvornent hos observed that .rticle 1 of tic new.Oon-
stitutlon of Aluiti, in derlair7,-,the turritory.or
Lxludes iaavasuu Island as u ly,rt or tit
torritoIT. i have been instructed to. brinj tau
factuto Ioarcuiloncy's attention,
proolu-lation was issUed by tao baited ..,totes Gbv-
erhtient on ?e .bur8, 159, to tto effect that , K.
Cooper, us assi4;nee of let Dunctw, vtas entitled in
re-46ot to tno auano on ,qivasu island to all the privileges
and advantagus intunded by the act of Oungress of nu:7;ust 180
1856, te be secured to citizens of the 'United ...totes uho
Lay have discovered deposits or cuanc.
.he .prooltuantion in question tros hold 14 t4o 'witted
otates ..)upr