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

800.51 W 89Latvia/44a

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (Coleman)

Washington, July 20, 1925.

No. 273

Sir: With reference to previous correspondence regarding the indebtedness of Latvia to the United States, you are informed that in a note dated June 26, 1925,⁵² the Latvian Minister at Washington informed the Department of his instructions to negotiate the debt funding agreement and stated that he desired to enter into immediate discussions with the World War Foreign Debt Commission. This information was communicated to the Secretary of the Treasury and on July 8, 1925, Mr. Seya was introduced to Mr. Winston, the Acting Secretary of the Treasury and the Secretary of the World War Foreign Debt Commission, with a view to the inauguration of the negotiations in question.⁵³

I am [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:

J. Butler Wright

52. Not printed.
53. For negotiations and text of agreement signed Sept. 24, 1925, see Combined Annual Reports of the World War Foreign Debt Commission, pp. 182–193.