837.00/3789: Telegram
The Minister in the Dominican Republic (Schoenfeld) to the Secretary of State
[Received 1:15 p.m.]
36. The Minister of Foreign Affairs called on me this morning by direction of the President of the Republic, to inform me that in view of the confidence of the Dominican Government in the “purity and justice” of the policy of the President of the United States with regard to the Cuban situation the President of the Republic desires to assure the President of the United States of his readiness to cooperate in any way desired. The Minister of Foreign Affairs mentioned that President Trujillo had given instructions that American military aircraft could utilize freely the territory of the Dominican Republic. The Minister informed me that the aircraft of the Dominican Republic would be placed at the disposal of the American Government if so desired.
The Minister added that the Dominican Government had received from the junta in Habana a number of communications requesting [Page 405] recognition but that the Dominican Government had not answered these messages and would be guided in the matter of recognition by the policy of the United States.