Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1925, Volume I

500.A4b/301

The Secretary of the Navy (Wilbur) to the Secretary of State²

Washington, February 17, 1925.

29440–178:17S

Sir: I take pleasure in advising you that this Department has completed the work of the scrapping of vessels required to be demolished under the Treaty Limiting Naval Armament.

Under the provisions of the Treaty the Battle Cruisers Lexington and Saratoga are being converted into airplane carriers and the Battleship North Dakota is being retained as a target.

Respectfully,

Curtis D. Wilbur

2. In telegrams dated Feb. 17, 6 p.m., the information contained in this letter was communicated to the Embassies in France, Great Britain, Italy, and Japan, with instructions to convey it to the respective Governments.