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The Minister in Haiti (Armour) to the Secretary of State

91. Agreement was signed and interpretative notes exchanged this morning. It will be noted this is a single agreement starting with the [Page 755] simple statement “the undersigned plenipotentiaries, et cetera, have agreed upon the following accord” The Garde accord forms the first six articles to the agreement and thereafter a sub-heading, but no transitional paragraph between it and the financial arrangement, the first article of which is No. VII of the complete agreement. Please note that the date in articles VII and XI has been changed to January 1st, 1934. The last article is number XXVII.

The accord may be released immediately. Text will be sent by airmail tomorrow.

Armour