711.572/74
The Minister in Norway (Swenson) to the Secretary of State
[Received June 19.]
Sir: I have the honor to report that when I called at the Foreign Office on the weekly diplomatic day, the 31st ultimo, the Minister for Foreign Affairs informed me that at a council of state held May 29th the Government had decided to authorize signature of the new Treaty of Friendship, Commerce, and Consular Rights between the United States and Norway and that the Norwegian Minister at Washington had been instructed by cable to affix his signature to the document. Both Mr. Mowinckel and the Secretary General of the Foreign Office expressed their gratification at the successful issue of the negotiations in this matter.
I have [etc.]