211.31/30
The Minister in Venezuela (Cook) to the Secretary of State
[Received May 1.]
Sir: Referring to the Department’s written instruction No. 786 of March 2, 1923,2 authorizing me to proceed with the exchange of ratifications of the Extradition Treaty between the United States and Venezuela and the additional article thereto, signed at Caracas on January 19 and January 21, 1922, respectively, I have the honor to report that the exchange of ratifications was effected in the Venezuelan Foreign Office on April 14, 1923 by Doctor Pedro Itriago Chacín, the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and myself. The Spanish text of the treaty supplied by the Government of Venezuela, and the signed English original of the Protocol of Exchange is enclosed herewith.2
Prominent mention was made in the newspapers of the 15th instant of the exchange of ratifications.
I have [etc.]