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The British Ambassador (Howard) to the Secretary of State
Sir: I learn from His Majesty’s Principal Secretary for Foreign Affairs that His Majesty the King, the President of the French Republic and His Majesty the King of Spain have ratified the Convention of December 18th, 1923, regarding the statute of Tangier, and that the deposit of ratifications took place on May 14th at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs in Paris.
Under instructions from my Government and, in accordance with the terms of the first paragraph of Article 56 of the above Convention, I have the honour to ask, in concert with my French and Spanish colleagues, who are today addressing communications to you in the same sense,2 the accession of the Government of the United States to this Convention, the text of which was, as a matter of courtesy, communicated before signature to the United States Ambassador at Paris.
If the United States Government can see their way to give favourable consideration to this request it will be greatly appreciated by His Majesty’s Government.
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