I have the honor to inform you that I have been instructed by my
Government that in view of the continual delay in obtaining the
consent of the Haitian Government to the transfer to the new bank of
the modified concession as agreed upon between the Government of the
United States and the National City Bank, the Government of the
United States has agreed to let the operations of the National Bank
of the Republic of Haiti continue indefinitely on the French
contract at present existing, without amendment.
I desire urgently to draw your attention to the fact that it would
be most desirable in the interest of the Haitian people that the
Government of Haiti should give its immediate consent to the
proposed modifications of the contract and to accept the transfer of
the bank rather than see the present contract continue with its
present clauses.