The following memorandum between the War Trade Board and
the Swiss Government is supplementary to a certain
memorandum between the said parties dated December 5,
1917.
With reference to schedule F of article 3 of said
memorandum of December 5, 1917, it is hereby stated and
declared as follows, notwithstanding the statement in
said schedule to the effect that the [Page 1631] declaration therein
contained shall not apply at present to the goods
specified in article 10(c), pars.
4 and 6, of the by-laws of the S.S.S.:
The Swiss Government declares and agrees that no raw
cotton of American origin and growth and no manufactured
products of such raw cotton shall be exported in any
form, whether as raw or finished products to Germany,
Austria-Hungary, Turkey or Bulgaria, or to destinations
beyond such countries involving transit through the
countries named, provided that such raw cotton [or]
products thereof manufactured either within or without
Switzerland, has arrived within Swiss territory on May
1, 1918, or subsequent to said date.
This memorandum becomes void on September 30, 1918, it
being further understood that raw cotton or manufactured
products thereof of American origin and growth received
in Switzerland during the life of this memorandum shall
not subsequently to last named date be exported to the
countries mentioned except by previous agreement.
United States of America: War Trade
Board
By
Representative.
For the Government of
Switzerland:
As I had the honor of explaining to you, it is not possible for
political reasons for us to sign such a declaration, even if the
reality of the situation would permit it. Nevertheless I take
the liberty of confirming by the present that in view of the
penury of cotton in Switzerland no exportation of American
cotton can take place in a manner contrary to the idea expressed
in your memorandum. Moreover, the necessary instructions for
putting this idea into execution were given after the
abovementioned conversation.
