In compliance with the resolution of the Senate of the 23d of February last, requesting information in regard to the occupation by American citizens of the island of Navassa, in the West Indies, I transmit a report from the Secretary of State and the documents by which it was accompanied.
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The minister of that Republic is disappointed in not having received the copy intended for exchange, and the period will lapse without the possibility of carrying out the provisions of the convention in this respect.
I feel quite confident that Congress will bestow upon these resolutions the careful consideration to which they are eminently entitled.
A demand for these purposes will be made in a firm but conciliatory spirit.
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