"No responsibility whatsoever": $525,000 for the 1937 killings (Washington, D.C., 31 January 1938)
Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet proven
Year: 1937 · Places: Ayiti, Caribbean
SUMMARY"No responsibility whatsoever": $525,000 for the 1937 killings (Washington, D.C., 31 January 1938) [Connections: Latin America & Caribbean, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORDThe US and Haitian governments sought US$750,000. The Dominican government paid US$525,000, about $30 per victim; survivors received about 2 cents each on average because of corruption in the Haitian bureaucracy (Bell 2008). The agreement stated the Dominican government recognized "no responsibility whatsoever" for the killings (Turits). Haitian President Sténio Vincent had said on 15 October 1937 that "the good relations between Haiti and the Dominican Republic have not suffered any damage."
PATTERNThe official paper settled a mass killing as a payment without admitting it happened by state order
LENS (WW9)The paper buried the massacre the same way it buries the names: by declaring it settled
OPENLocate the treaty text in the US Treaty Series; confirm the 2-cent figure in Bell