711.142/1
The Secretary of State to the Guatemalan Minister (Latour)
Sir: Referring to the suggestion for the conclusion of a Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Consular Rights which for some time has been under consideration by this Government and your Government, I have the honor to inform you that this Government would be glad now to enter into the negotiation of such a Treaty.
The Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Consular Rights, signed by this Government and Germany on December 8, 1923, a copy of which is enclosed for the information of your Government,1 is representative of the type of Treaty which this Government considers appropriate for conclusion by the United States and Guatemala.
If it would be agreeable to your Government to enter into the negotiation of such a Treaty, I should be glad to submit a draft to you for the consideration of your Government, pursuant to the suggestion made in your note of December 28, 1923.2 In a few particulars the text of the draft would differ from the Treaty of this country with Germany. As the negotiations may appropriately be carried on at this capital, I should be glad if it would be agreeable to your Government to follow such a course.
Accept [etc.]
- Foreign Relations, 1923, vol. ii, p. 29.↩
- Note not printed; it stated that the Government of Guatemala desired to know the details of the treaty suggested by the Secretary of State and requested a draft for submission to the Government of Guatemala (file No. 711.142/1). Negotiations were suspended while the Senate had under consideration the treaty signed with Germany Dec. 8, 1923 (file No. 711.142/7).↩