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Acceptance of the Platt Amendment, May and June, 1901

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Leonard Wood and Cuban Independence, 1898–1902

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The Cuban commissioners arrived back in Havana on May 5 and presented their report to the convention two days later. All five members of the commission, Méndez Capote, Tamayo, Portuondo, Betancourt and Llorente, had signed the report, indicating their agreement. After it was read to the convention, with Cisneros presiding, it was decided to provide copies for the delegates. The members of the convention discussed publishing the document in some form. So the afternoon ran its course, and the session adjourned without further action.1

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Hitchman, J.H. (1971). Acceptance of the Platt Amendment, May and June, 1901. In: Leonard Wood and Cuban Independence, 1898–1902. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-0749-3_10

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