811.623 Florida/11

The Italian Ambassador (De Martino) to the Secretary of State

Excellency: In answer to your note of June 8th, 1928, concerning a conflict between a statute of the State of Florida and existing treaty provision between the United States and Italy, I wish to assure your Excellency that I am taking note of the fact that since the appropriate authorities of the State of Florida have found themselves unable to recognize the solidity of my contentions in the case, the Department is not in a position to take any further action in this matter until a final adjudication shall have been obtained in the appropriate Courts of the United States. At the same time, I am glad to know that Your Excellency does not admit that the rights of the Italian Government would suffer any prejudice through a determination by the appropriate Federal Judicial authorities of the United States. This is exactly what I wished, with my note of April 30th, to make clear, i. e., that you do not consider that the adjudication by the Federal Courts could be accepted by the Italian Government as a decision on a claim of right to be settled between the two Governments.

Accept [etc.]

G. de Martino