452.11/220
The Spanish Ambassador (Padilla) to the Secretary of State
Mr. Secretary: With reference to Your Excellency’s kind note of May 13, 1929, relating to the previous one of August 24, 1927, in which was expressed a desire on the part of the Government of the United States to arrive at a conclusion on the reciprocal claims now pending between Spain and North America, I have the honor to inform Your Excellency that I have received a telegraphic answer from Madrid informing me that the Government of His Majesty gladly agrees to begin a study of the case and to that end will send me by mail detailed instructions to start the work.
I avail myself [etc.]