AnnouPale Haiti
History • Memory • Justice
A space inside AnnouPale to preserve, explore, and advance Haiti's history, our memory, and the pursuit of justice.
Editorial illustration — not a historical document
The U.S. and Haitian diplomatic records describe the gold as associated with funds intended for retirement of Haitian paper money and nickel currency. The Haitian Government disputed its removal without formal consent.
The Secretary of State to the Minister of Haiti, December 31, 1914, File No. 838.516/27, Foreign Relations of the United States, 1914, Document 583.
Minister Bailly-Blanchard to the Secretary of State, December 30, 1914, File No. 838.516/55, enclosing the Haitian Department of Foreign Relations note verbale, Foreign Relations of the United States, 1914, Document 581.
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Gold recorded as deposited for currency retirement purposes · —
Minister Bailly-Blanchard to the Secretary of State, December 30, 1914, File No. 838.516/55, enclosing the Haitian Department of Foreign Relations note verbale, Foreign Relations of the United States, 1914, Document 581. — Located at: Document 581, File No. 838.516/55
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