711.5612/66a

The Acting Secretary of State to the Netherlands Chargé (Van Hoorn)

Sir: The time specified in the Treaty for the Advancement of Peace between the United States and the Netherlands, signed at Washington December 18, 1913, the ratifications of which were exchanged at Washington on March 10, 1928, having expired without the fifth Member in the Commission provided for in Article II of that Treaty being named, I beg to suggest for the consideration of your Government that the date within which the organization of the Commission may be completed be extended from September 10, 1928 to March 10, 1929.

Your formal notification in writing, of the same date as this, that your Government receives this suggestion favorably, will be regarded on the part of this Government as sufficient to give effect to the extension, and I shall be glad to receive your assurance that it will be so regarded by your Government also.

Accept [etc.]

J. Reuben Clark, Jr.