881.00/1420
The Ambassador in France (Herrick) to
the Secretary of State
Paris, August 2,
1928.
[Received August 13.]
No. 8836
Sir: With reference to my despatch No. 8807 of
July 19, 192824
concerning the recently signed Tangier Agreement, I have the honor to
forward herewith in copy and translation a note from the Foreign Office
dated July 31, 1928, transmitting two copies of the final protocol of
the Tangier Conference. I am enclosing the one of these copies which is
certified,24
retaining the other for the files of the Embassy.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure—Translation]
The French Ministry for
Foreign Affairs to the American
Embassy
In concluding, on July 25 ultimo, various agreements relative to the
Statute of Tangier, the British, Spanish, French and Italian
Governments agreed that these instruments should be communicated by
the Government of the Republic to the Government of the United
States of America, a signatory of the Act of Algeciras.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs has the honor to transmit herewith
to the Embassy of the United States of America two copies of these
documents, of which the certified copy is for the Federal
Government.
The new agreements which revise, on certain points, the Convention of
December 18, 1923 relative to the organization of the Statute of the
zone of Tangier are, similarly to the said Convention, based
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upon the respect of
existing treaties and upon the maintenance of economic equality
between nations.
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs feels that it should emphasize this
point to the Embassy, with reference to the memorandum which the
latter was good enough to transmit to the Ministry, on March 16
last,26 to recall the position of principle taken
by its Government in the question of Tangier.
