711.4115A/70
The Secretary of State to the British Chargé (Campbell)
The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Chargé d’Affaires ad interim of Great Britain and informs him that the Government of the United States has no objection to amending, in the manner indicated in the Embassy’s note No. 609, of November 7, 1929,83 the draft convention and the exchange of notes concerning the boundary and the administration of certain islands off the [Page 80] east coast of British North Borneo, which were initialed by representatives of the American and British Governments on August 2, 1929.
There are enclosed herewith drafts83a of the convention and of the notes to be exchanged concurrently with the signing of the convention which have been amended in ink in accordance with the suggestions contained in the Embassy’s note referred to above.
The Secretary of State is prepared to proceed with the signing of the convention and the notes in the amended form.84