President Roosevelt Friend of Cuba

President Roosevelt Friend of Cuba, refuses to accept protectorate

The White House                                       Received. Jan 23, 1907
Washington                                                Secretary of War
Personal.

                                     January 22 , 1907

My dear Mr. Secretary:

In reference to Magoon's two letters of the 13th and 16th, which are returned herewith, I need hardly add to what I said this morning. There can be no talk of a protectorate by us. Our business is to establish peace and order on a satisfactory basis, start the new government, and then leave the Island; the Cuban government taking the reins into its own hands; tho of course it might be advisable for some little time that some of our troops should stay in the islands to steady things.I will not even consider the plan of a protectorate, or any plan which would imply our breaking our explicit promise because of which we were able to prevent a war of devastation last fall. The good faith of the United States is a mighty valuable asset and must not be impaired.

                                  Sincerely yours,

                                  Theodore Roosevelt

Hon. Wm. H. Taft,
Secretary of War

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