411.12/936: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Mexico (Morrow)
426. Your 297, July 26, 2 p.m. The Under Secretary proposed to the Mexican Ambassador orally today that the General and Special Claims Conventions be extended by ratifications exchanged forthwith as suggested in the Department’s 402 of June 20, 6 p.m. and that the Department then undertake to request the Senate to authorize the deletion of the last paragraph of Article 9 of the Convention of September 8, 1923 (General Claims). The Ambassador expressed his personal opinion that this might meet the point of view of his Government.
Please take up at your earliest convenience with the Acting Minister for Foreign Affairs, with a view to expediting (1) extension of General and Special Claims Conventions (2) negotiations for an en bloc settlement and (3) acquiescence of Mexican Government to suggestion contained in first paragraph of this telegram, such acquiescence to be confirmed later in note in reply to this Government’s undertaking to request approval of the Senate to deletion of last paragraph of Article 9. We understand that Mexican Ambassador is telegraphing to his Government today with reference to the foregoing.