Office of the Historian

867.12/26

The British Ambassador (Howard) to the Secretary of State45

Manchester, Mass., July 21, 1924.
[Received July 22.]
No. 636

Sir: Under instructions from my Government, I have the honour to call your attention to the provisions of Article 116 of the Treaty of Peace signed between Turkey and the Allied Powers on July 24, 1923 at Lausanne which reads as follows:46

“All questions relating to … the final liquidation of the former sanitary administration, as well as all other similar or cognate questions, shall be regulated by a commission ad hoc which shall be composed of a representative of each of the Powers represented on the Superior Council of Health of Constantinople, except Germany, Austria and Hungary.”

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In the opinion of His Majesty’s Government it is most desirable for practical reasons that this commission should meet as soon as possible after the coming into force of the treaty—an event which may now be expected shortly.

In these circumstances and in concert with my French and Italian Colleagues I have the honour to invite the United States Government to appoint a delegate to represent them on this Commission at an early date.

I have [etc.]

Esme Howard
  1. Identic notes were received from the French and Italian Chargés.↩
  2. For full text of art. 116, see League of Nations Treaty Series, vol. xxviii, p. 97.↩