The Portuguese Minister to the Acting Secretary of State.
Washington, June 28, 1910.
The undesigned, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of His Majesty the King of Portugal and of the Algarves, duly authorized to that effect by his Government, has the honor to notify his excellency the Acting Secretary of State of the United States of America, that, in view of the issuance by the President of the United States of America of the proclamations of January 29, 1910, and of February 21, 1910, extending to imports into the United States of America from the Kingdom of Portgual and the Azores and Madeira Islands and from the Portuguese possessions, the benefit of the complete minimum tariff of the United States of America, it having been ascertained that no undue discrimination was being exercised in the Kingdom of Portugal, the Azores, and Madeira Islands or the Portuguese possessions, against the United States of America or the products thereof, and the principle of special [Page 829] concessions by Portugal to Spain and Brazil having thus been recognized, the Portuguese Government has decided to grant the citizens, merchandise, and ships of the United States of America the same treatment in Portugal and her possessions as that accorded to the citizens, merchandise, and ships of the most favored nation on the condition that the subjects, merchandise, and ships of Portugal and of her possessions will likewise be treated in the United States of America in the same manner as those of the most favored nations.
The undersigned avails himself of this opportunity in order to convey to the honorable the Acting Secretary of State of the United States the renewed assurance of his highest consideration.