File No. 337.41.
The Chargé d’Affaires of Great Britain to the Secretary of State.
Washington, June 13, 1912.
Dear Mr. Secretary: From information received by His Majesty’s Government it appears possible that British subjects and their property in the disturbed area in Cuba may be endangered. I have therefore been directed to ask you whether instructions could be sent to the United States Naval authorities now in the island to give protection to British lives and property in cases where the Cuban Government appears unable to provide for it.
It will be within your recollection that your Government was kind enough to issue instructions in 1906 in this sense in the case of the more serious disturbances then existing, and that the Department then informed the Embassy in a telegram dated September 16 that what protection might be available for American life and property would likewise be extended to British subjects.
His Majesty’s Government much appreciate the assistance already given recently to British subjects by the United States troops in Cuba, in at least one instance, and would be grateful for similar assistance in the future, should it become necessary.
I am [etc.]