550.48 B 1/67
The Secretary General of the League of Nations ( Drummond ) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 13.]
Sir: The Assembly of the League of Nations, at its Seventh Ordinary Session, approved a Slavery Convention bearing the date of the 25th September, 1926, which is deposited in the archives of the League of Nations.
By Article 11 of the Convention the Secretary-General of the League is requested to “bring the present Convention to the notice of States which have not signed it, including States which are not Members of the League of Nations, and invite them to accede thereto”.
I have accordingly the honour to enclose a certified copy of the Convention, and to invite the attention of the United States Government to the third paragraph of the above-mentioned Article which provides that “a State desiring to accede to the Convention shall notify its intention in writing to the Secretary-General of the League of Nations and transmit to him the instrument of accession, which shall be deposited in the archives of the League”.
I may add that the Secretariat will be glad to give every assistance in its power to your Government as regards the necessary formalities in connection with the deposit of its act of accession to the Convention.
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