Office of the Historian

711.632/42: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister in Austria (Washburn)

Washington, June 5, 1928—4 p.m.

29. Your 23, May 9, 10 a.m. Your despatch No. 1468, July 11, 1927, enclosing text.2 If treaty not yet signed, and if agreeable to Austria, you may strike out third paragraph of Article XXV relating to the termination of the sixth paragraph of Article VII. If this suppression is made, strike out also first ten words of first paragraph of Article XXV.

Department has altered policy toward Senate reservation to Article VII of German treaty, and is signing treaty with another country including provision for the national treatment of shipping, obligatory for full term of treaty. Department would prefer to have all treaties submitted to the Senate the next session uniform in this respect.

Kellogg
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