711.41d27/4
The Irish Minister (MacWhite) to the Secretary of State
Sir: I have the honor to refer to your Note of the 3rd of April, 1929 in regard to the proposal to conclude an agreement between the United States and the Irish Free State on the subject of international aerial navigation.
My Government have requested me to enquire whether, in view of the fact that the Government of the United States and that of the Irish Free State were represented at the Extraordinary Session of the International Commission on Air Navigation recently held in Paris,18 a special convention between the two Governments is still regarded as desirable. Should it be that the United States Government will decide to ratify the International Flying Convention of 1919 as amended, it would seem that the necessity for a special convention between Governments which are parties to that Convention would disappear.
I have [etc.]