763.72113/2218

The Secretary of State to the Swiss Minister ( Peter )

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of January 17, 1928, in which you request, by instruction of your Government, and with reference to the Treaty of November 25, 1850, between the United States and Switzerland, the complete release of Swiss properties which are still subjected to sequestration measures.

In reply it gives me pleasure to inform you that a copy of your note under acknowledgment has been transmitted to the Chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate,3 to which body there has been referred an Act (H. R. 7201)4 passed by the House of Representatives on December 20, 1927, which contains inter alia provisions for the disposition of property held by the Alien Property Custodian.

Accept [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:
W. R. Castle, Jr.
  1. By letter of Jan. 23, not printed.
  2. Enacted Mar. 10, 1928; 45 Stat. 254.