711.6212Anti-War/64
The Ambassador in Germany (Schurman) to the Secretary of
State
Berlin, July 11,
1928.
[Received July 23.]
No. 3706Sir: Confirming my telegram No. 149 of July
11, 1928,91 I have
the honor to transmit herewith, in copy and translation, text of the
reply of the German Government, received under even date, to the
note of June 23, 1928, transmitting the revised draft of the
proposed antiwar treaty.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure—Translation]
The State Secretary of the German Foreign
Office (Schubert) to the
American Ambassador (Schurman)
Berlin, July 11,
1928.
V M 3323Mr. Ambassador: I acknowledge the
receipt of Your Excellency’s note of June 23, 1928, regarding
the conclusion of an international pact for the renunciation of
war, and have the honor to reply thereto as follows on behalf of
the German Government.
The German Government has examined with the greatest care the
contents of the note and the revised draft of the pact which was
enclosed. The Government is pleased to state that the standpoint
of the Government of the United States of America as set forth
in the note corresponds with the fundamental German conception
as it was communicated in the note of April 27, 1928.92 The German
Government also agrees to the changes in the Preamble of the
draft of the pact. It is therefore pleased to be able to state
that it takes cognizance of the statements made by the
Government of the United States of America contained in Your
Excellency’s note of June 23, that it agrees
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to the interpretation which is
given therein to the provisions of the proposed pact, and that
it is accordingly ready to sign this pact in the form now
proposed.
Accept [etc.]
