Also known as: Executive Accord of August 7, 1933, Accord of August 7, 1933, 1933 Haitianization accord
Last updated: April 26, 2026
The August 7, 1933 executive accord between the Vincent government and the United States set the timetable for marine withdrawal from Haiti while preserving U.S. financial supervision. After Haitian legislators rejected a formal treaty that would have extended American control, both parties bypassed the legislature and agreed that marines would withdraw by October 1934 in exchange for continued U.S. control over customs, reserve funds, revenue oversight, and limits on Haitian fiscal policy. Nationalists regarded the accord as exchanging military occupation for financial tutelage.
retained U.S. fiscal representative control over customs, internal revenue, budget limits, reserve funds, indebtedness, tariffs, taxes, and investments until bonds liquidated
Official accord text is the source anchor. Use Schmidt separately for political interpretation and Haitian/U.S. reaction.
authorized U.S. troop withdrawal by October 1934 — 1.5 years before the 1936 date in the 1915 treaty
Pair with fiscal-control claim: the 1933 accord is not a simple liberation — troops left but financial supervision remained.
When bondholders rejected the bank transfer, the 1933 accord remained the operative fiscal structure
The 1933 accord was shaped by the need to protect the bondholders' interests established by the 1922 loan
The commission's recommendations shaped the political process that produced the 1933 accord
The accord set the terms and timetable for the 1934 marine withdrawal
The accord governed U.S. withdrawal from Haiti
August 7, 1933 Accord
August 7, 1933 Accord
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