File No. 837.6112/2.

The Acting Secretary of State to the American Minister.

[Telegram.—Paraphrase.]

Reply to President Gómez as follows:

I have telegraphed Your Excellency’s note to my Government, which instructs me to inform Your Excellency that pending the announcement of its determination and purpose regarding the position of the Cuban Government as set forth in Your Excellency’s note now under consideration, my Government must be understood, in accord with its attitude heretofore taken, as making full reservation in the premises.

Adee.