File No. 652.119/1000
The Secretary of State to the Minister in Cuba ( Gonzales)
[Telegram]
Washington,
June 22, 1918, 3 p.m.
From War Trade Board:
No. 90. Referring yours June 12, 11 p.m.1 We are allowing American coal to go to Cuba for the benefit of Cuba, and we prefer to have Cuban Government restrict the sailings of all vessels from Cuba to Mexico by declining to allow them to have the coal which we have shipped for Cuba’s own use. Please arrange along these lines if possible.
Show to Morgan.
Lansing
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