704.5483/11
The Minister in Switzerland (Gibson) to the Secretary of State
[Received July 16.]
Sir: I have the honor to refer to my despatch No. 56, of June 20, 1924,1 in acknowledgment of the Department’s instruction No. 12, of June 6, 1924, relating to the desire of the Department that American consular officers in Egypt be relieved of the representation of Swiss interests. In reply to my representations I am now in receipt of a memorandum from the Federal Political Department, dated June 25, 1924, stating that the Swiss citizens in Egypt under the protection of American consular officers number about fifty and consist mostly of former German protégés. The note adds that the [Page 706] Government of the Confederation is now negotiating with a view to the creation of Swiss representation in Egypt and expresses the hope that the Government of the United States will continue its protection of Swiss interests in that country until such representation is established.
A copy and translation of the memorandum from the Federal Political Department, dated June 25, 1924, as well as the Legation’s reply, dated June 30, 1924, are enclosed for the Department’s information.2
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