800.01 M 31/201
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Kellogg) to the Secretary of
State
London, July 31,
1924.
[Received August 11.]
No. 623
Sir: I have the honor to enclose a copy, in
triplicate, of a note dated July 29, 1924, from the Foreign Office
regarding the proposed treaties affecting the former German territories
in Central Africa (B Mandates). …
I have [etc.]
For the Ambassador:
F. A.
Sterling
Counselor of
Embassy[Enclosure]
The British Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs (MacDonald) to the
American Ambassador (Kellogg)
London, July 29,
1924.
No. W5896/23/98
Your Excellency: You recently enquired
whether His Majesty’s Government were in a position to reply to Your
Excellency’s note
[Page 196]
of the
18th February last9 regarding the proposed
treaties affecting the former German territories in Central Africa
now administered by His Majesty’s Government under mandate on behalf
of the League of Nations, and to proceed to the conclusion of those
treaties.
2. I have the honor to state that His Majesty’s Government would
prefer to postpone their final answer to the note in question until
a more advanced stage has been reached in the negotiation of the
treaty relating to the British mandate in Palestine. Their views on
the latest proposals of the United States Government in regard to
that matter were communicated to you in my note of the 17th
instant.10
I have [etc.]
(For the Secretary of State),
G. H. Villiers
