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Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1929, Volume III

Great Britain:


Contents

    • Visit of the British Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, to the United States, October 4–10, 1929 (Documents 1–9)
      • Question of acceptance as deportees from Great Britain of persons presumed to have lost American citizenship acquired by naturalization (Documents 10–12)
        • Reciprocal customs privileges accorded to American and British consular officers (Documents 13–16)
          • Protection of American lives and property in Palestine endangered by conflict between Arabs and Jews (Documents 17–47)
            • Representations for protection of American rights under Palestine Mandate Convention in connection with bids for construction of harbor works at Haifa (Documents 48–53)
              • Negotiations in regard to the administration of the Turtle Islands and to the boundary between the Philippine Islands and British North Borneo (Documents 54–59)
                • Inquiry regarding British policy respecting the holding and operation by foreigners of petroleum concessions in territories such as Bahrein (Documents 60–61)

                Contents

                • List of Papers
                • Great Britain:
                  • Visit of the British Prime Minister, Ramsay MacDonald, to the United States, October 4–10, 1929 (Documents 1–9)
                  • Question of acceptance as deportees from Great Britain of persons presumed to have lost American citizenship acquired by naturalization (Documents 10–12)
                  • Reciprocal customs privileges accorded to American and British consular officers (Documents 13–16)
                  • Protection of American lives and property in Palestine endangered by conflict between Arabs and Jews (Documents 17–47)
                  • Representations for protection of American rights under Palestine Mandate Convention in connection with bids for construction of harbor works at Haifa (Documents 48–53)
                  • Negotiations in regard to the administration of the Turtle Islands and to the boundary between the Philippine Islands and British North Borneo (Documents 54–59)
                  • Inquiry regarding British policy respecting the holding and operation by foreigners of petroleum concessions in territories such as Bahrein (Documents 60–61)
                • Greece:
                  • Arrangement between the United States and Greece granting relief from double income tax on shipping profits (Documents 62–65)
                  • Unsuccessful efforts to secure servicing by International Financial Commission of proposed J. & W. Seligman & Co. loan to Greece (Documents 66–97)
                  • Representations on behalf of American firms interested in radio and telephone concessions in Greece (Documents 98–122)
                  • Relaxation with regard to American clergymen of certain restrictions imposed by the Greek Government on entry of ministers of religion (Document 123)
                • Guatemala:
                  • Agreement between the United States and Guatemala to submit the Shufeldt claim to arbitration (Documents 124–166)
                  • Boundary dispute with Honduras. (See volume I, General.)
                • Haiti:
                  • Decision of President Borno not to become a candidate for reelection (Documents 167–176)
                  • Students’ strike and declaration of martial law (Documents 177–217)
                  • The President’s Commission for the Study and Review of Conditions in the Republic of Haiti (Documents 218–221)
                  • General instructions to the High Commissioner in Haiti (Documents 222–225)
                  • Good offices on behalf of French holders of old bonds of the National Railroad of Haiti (Documents 226–233)
                  • Boundary dispute with Dominican Republic. (See volume I, General.)
                • Honduras:
                  • Representations on behalf of American insurance companies doing business in Honduras against stamp tax and cash deposit discrimination (Documents 234–238)
                  • Boundary dispute with Guatemala. (See volume I, General.)
                  • Boundary dispute with Nicaragua. (See volume I, General.)
                • Hungary:
                  • Treaties of arbitration and conciliation between the United States and Hungary, signed January 26, 1929 (Documents 239–240)
                • Irish Free State:
                  • Liability to taxation of property leased by the Irish Free State for Legation purposes (Documents 241–242)
                • Japan:
                  • Declaration by Japan upon ratification, on June 27, 1929, of the treaty for the renunciation of war (Documents 243–266)
                  • Objection by Japan to visits of American naval vessels to unopened ports on islands under mandate to Japan (Documents 267–273)
                  • Informal representations respecting apparently discriminatory features in the Japanese lumber tariff (Documents 274–280)
                • Latvia:
                  • Representations against the application of a residence or sojourn tax to American citizens in Latvia (Documents 281–284)
                  • Treaties of arbitration and conciliation between the United States and Latvia. (See volume II, under Estonia.)
                • Liberia:
                  • Appointment of the International Commission of Inquiry Into the Existence of Slavery and Forced Labor in the Republic of Liberia (Documents 285–341)
                  • Appointment of Dr. Howard F. Smith of the United States Public Health Service as Chief Medical Adviser to the Republic of Liberia (Documents 342–363)
                • Luxemburg:
                  • Treaties of arbitration and conciliation between the United States and Luxemburg, signed April 6, 1929 (Documents 364–367)
                • Mexico:
                  • The insurrection in Mexico (Documents 368–524)
                  • Conventions between the United States and Mexico extending duration of Special and General Claims Commissions provided for in conventions of 1923, signed August 17 and September 2, 1929 (Documents 525–555)
                  • Attitude of the Department of State regarding an en bloc settlement of the claims of American citizens against Mexico (Documents 556–557)
                  • Renewed negotiations for a settlement of the dispute over the Rio Grande boundary (Documents 558–563)
                  • Good offices of Ambassador Morrow in facilitating negotiations between the Mexican Government and representatives of the Roman Catholic Church (Documents 564–566)
                • Morocco:
                  • Reservation of rights by the United States in the application of taxes to American citizens and protégés in the French Zone in Morocco (Documents 567–572)
                  • Negotiations concerning claims and proposed recognition by the United States of the Spanish Zone in Morocco (Documents 573–584)
                  • Reservation of rights by the United States in the application of taxes to American citizens and protégés in the Tangier International Zone (Documents 585–606)
                  • Nonacquiescence by the United States in the application to American vessels of the tariff of the Tangier Port Concession Company (Documents 607–610)
                  • Reservation of American rights with respect to proposed changes in the administration of Cape Spartel Light (Documents 611–612)
                • Netherlands:
                  • Arbitration agreement with the Netherlands further extending the duration of the convention of May 2, 1908 (Document 613)
                  • Interest of the United States in maintaining equal rights for American oil companies with those of other countries with regard to petroleum mining concessions (Documents 614–619)
                • Nicaragua:
                  • Assistance by the United States marines in the suppression of bandit activities in Nicaragua (Documents 620–655)
                  • Granting of asylum in Mexico to General Sandino as a political refugee from Nicaragua (Documents 656–673)
                  • Concern of the Department of State over repressive measures of President Moncada (Documents 674–701)
                  • Disinclination of the United States to consent to amendments to the Guardia Nacional Agreement (Documents 702–724)
                  • Objections to Nicaraguan law granting courtesy rank of minister to certain officers of the United States Navy and Marine Corps (Documents 725–733)
                  • Assistance by the United States in the supervision of elections in Nicaragua (Documents 734–739)
                  • Assistance by the Department of State in reorganizing the finances of Nicaragua (Documents 740–768)
                  • Assistance by the Department of State in the establishment of the Provisional Claims Commission (Documents 769–797)
                  • Assistance by the United States in making surveys for roads in Nicaragua (Documents 798–810)
                  • Nicaraguan canal survey (Documents 811–814)
                  • Boundary dispute with Colombia. (See volume I, General.)
                  • Boundary dispute with Honduras. (See volume I, General.)
                • Norway:
                  • Arbitration treaty between the United States and Norway, signed February 20, 1929 (Documents 815–821)
                  • Annexation by Norway of the Island of Jan Mayen (Documents 822–825)
                  • Assertion by Norway to sovereignty over Bouvet Island and other specified regions in the Antarctic (Documents 826–832)
                • Panama:
                  • Request by the Government of Panama that the unperfected treaty of July 28, 1926, be reconsidered in its entirety (Documents 833–838)
                  • Agreement between the United States and Panama for regulations governing commercial aviation in Panama (Document 839)
                  • Reservation by the United States of its right of control of radio communication throughout Panama (Documents 840–844)
                  • Boundary dispute with Costa Rica. (See volume I, General.)
                • Paraguay:
                  • The Chaco dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay. (See volume I, General.)
                • Persia:
                  • Attitude of the Department of State with respect to the Persian nationality law of 1929 (Documents 845–846)
                • Peru:
                  • Tacna-Arica dispute: Good offices of the United States in the final settlement of issues between Chile and Peru; representations by Bolivia. (See volume I, General.)
                • Portugal:
                  • Arbitration treaty between the United States and Portugal, signed March 1, 1929 (Document 847)
                • Rumania:
                  • Treaties of arbitration and conciliation between the United States and Rumania, signed March 21, 1929 (Documents 848–854)
                  • Proposal by the United States to conclude a commercial treaty following denunciation by Rumania of the agreement of February 26, 1926 (Documents 855–857)
                  • Settlement of the claim of the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey arising out of the destruction of property in 1916 (Documents 858–859)
                • Siam:
                  • Proposed treaties of arbitration and conciliation between the United States and Siam (Documents 860–863)
                • Spain:
                  • Representations to the Spanish Government for fair compensation to American interests for property taken by the Spanish petroleum monopoly (Documents 864–877)
                  • Spanish representations with regard to alleged grievances arising from difficulties encountered in export trade with the United States (Documents 878–882)
                  • Arrangement between the United States and Spain for the settlement of reciprocal claims (Documents 883–885)
                  • Reciprocal exemption from taxation and customs duties on motor vehicles belonging to consular officers (Documents 886–889)
                • Turkey:
                  • Treaty of commerce and navigation between the United States and Turkey, signed October 1, 1929 (Documents 890–914)
                  • Turkish declaration to the United States respecting the Turco-Soviet protocol of December 17, 1929 (Documents 915–916)
                • Union of South Africa:
                  • Establishment of direct diplomatic relations between the United States and the Union of South Africa (Documents 917–923)
                • Venezuela:
                  • Establishment of cable service with Venezuela by All America Cables, Incorporated (Documents 924–933)
                • Yugoslavia:
                  • Treaties of arbitration and conciliation between the United States and Yugoslavia, signed January 21, 1929 (Documents 934–935)
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