Cuban-American Treaty of Relations

Not to be confused with Platt Amendment or Cuban–American Treaty.

Treaty of relations

Signed	29 May 1934 (1934-05-29)
Location	Washington
Effective	9 June 1934
Signatories	Cuba United States
Citations	48 Stat. 1682; TS 866; 6 Bevans 1161
Abrogated the Treaty of Relations of 1903 (TS 437; 6 Bevans 1116).

In May 1903, the United States signed a Treaty of Relations with Cuba, to formalize the relationship between the two countries. Cuba agreed that they:

• 1. shall not permit a foreign power to obtain a naval base on the island
• 2. shall not go into excessive debt
• 3. give the US the right to intervene in Cuba for the maintenance of (an adequate) government
• 4. approve of all prior military actions
• 5. shall act to reduce infectious diseases
• 6. shall not claim the Isle of Pines as Cuban territory unless the US agrees
• 7. shall later lease to the United States lands for naval stations

The Platt Amendment authorized the president to withdraw troops from Cuba provided that he secure these specific promises from Cuba by treaty. This is that treaty.

In 1925, the Hay-Quesada Treaty recognized the Isle of Pines as Cuban territory.

In 1934, the 1903 Treaty of Relations was superseded by another Treaty of Relations, with Articles that both parties

• 1. abrogate the 1903 Treaty of Relations, except
• 2. approve of all prior military actions
• 3. affirm the lease, with certain modifications, unless further modified or abrogated by mutual consent, and

affirming the territorial area of the Guantanamo Naval Station in effect in 1934,

unless changed by mutual consent, or abandoned by the US

• 4. allow the base to be quarantined in time of contagion

One motivation for the 1934 Treaty of Relations was to remove the irritating provisions of the 1903 Treaty, as part of Franklin Roosevelt's Good Neighbor Policy. Provisions of the 1903 Treaty were seen to be an affront to Cuban sovereignty.

See also

• Guantánamo Bay
• Platt Amendment
• Cuban–American Treaty of 1903
• Cuba-United States relations, a history

External links

• Cuban-American treaty, 1903 (full text)
• Lease text, 1903 (full text)
• Cuban-American treaty, 1934, reaffirming the above (full text)