611.6731/70
The High Commissioner in Turkey (Bristol) to the Secretary of
State
Constantinople, March 1,
1926.
[Received March 20.]
No. 1803
Sir: Referring to my telegram from Angora of
February 18th36 and
earlier correspondence regarding a provisional commercial agreement with
Turkey, I have the honor to transmit herewith copies of notes exchanged
on February 18th between the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs and
myself according to which the American Government shall receive in
respect of customs tariffs the benefits of the Lausanne Commercial
Convention of July 24, 1923 in exchange for favored nation
treatment.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure 1]
The American High Commissioner (Bristol) to the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs
(Tewfik
Rouchdi)
Angora, February 17 [18?], 1926.
Your Excellency: I have the honor to inform
Your Excellency that pending the ratification of the Treaties
between Turkey and the United States of America, signed at Lausanne
August 6, 1923, my Government consents, in order to define the
regime which will be applicable to the commerce between the United
States and Turkey for six months, dating from February 20, 1926, to
extend to agricultural and industrial products originating in or
proceeding from Turkey, and imported into the United States for
consumption, transit, or reexportation, that treatment accorded the
most favored nation. The provisions of this agreement do not apply
to the treatment which is accorded by the United States of America
to the commerce of its dependencies, Cuba, or the Panama Canal
Zone.
It is understood that the application of this provisional agreement
is subject to the application, in Turkey, to agricultural and
industrial products originating in or proceeding from the United
States, of that treatment provided for by the Commercial Convention
signed at Lausanne July 24, 1923, in regard to the products of the
States signatories thereof. The provisions of the present agreement
do not apply to the commerce between Turkey and the countries
detached from the Ottoman Empire following the war of 1914, nor to
the frontier traffic with a state contiguous to Turkey.
Accept [etc.]
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[Enclosure 2—Translation37]
The Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs
(Tewfik
Rouchdi) to the American High
Commissioner (Bristol)
Angora, February 18,
1926.
No. 54642/3
Mr. Representative: I have the honor to
inform you that pending the ratification of the Treaty between
Turkey and the United States of America, signed at Lausanne August
6, 1923, my Government consents, in order to define a regime which
will be applicable to the commerce between Turkey and the United
States for 6 months, dating from February 20, 1926, to extend to
agricultural and industrial products originating in or proceeding
from the United States, and imported into Turkey for consumption,
transit, or reexportation, that treatment accorded the most favored
nation. The provisions of the present agreement do not apply to the
commerce between Turkey and the countries detached from the Ottoman
Empire following the war of 1914, nor to the frontier traffic with a
State contiguous to Turkey.
It is understood that the application of this provisional agreement
is subject to the application, in the United States of America, to
agricultural and industrial products originating in or proceeding
from Turkey, of that treatment accorded the most favored nation. The
provisions of the present agreement do not apply to the treatment
which is accorded by the United States of America to the commerce of
its dependencies, Cuba, or the Panama Canal Zone.
Accept [etc.]
