711.5912Anti-War/15

The Secretary of State to the Danish Minister (Brun)74

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge sthe receipt of your note, No. 122 of September 1, 1928, in which you declare formally that the Danish Government adheres to the General Pact for the Renunciation of War, adding that this adherence will become complete when ratified in accordance with the Danish Constitution. You further inform me that the Minister for Foreign Affairs is prepared to submit the Treaty to the Danish Parliament in the session which opens at the beginning of the month of October next.

I take the greatest pleasure in informing you that your note has been deposited with the Treaty and that I shall be happy to annex to it in due course the notification from your Government of the Danish Parliament’s ratification.

I shall be glad if you will transmit to your Government an expression of my gratification at their prompt action with respect to the Treaty.

Within a few days I shall transmit to your Government, through the American Legation at Copenhagen, two certified copies of the treaty for the purpose of formal adherence.

Accept [etc.]

Frank B. Kellogg
  1. This note was followed as a precedent in preparing replies to notices of adherence received from other governments.