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611.6731/120: Telegram

[Paraphrase]

Washington, April 3, 1929—6 p.m.

1. Your 22, April 3, 2 a.m.

(1): There appears to be no fundamental objection to referring to convention of commerce and navigation, which the Turkish Foreign Office proposed.
(2): If, in your opinion, any useful purpose would be served, in your discretion you may orally state to the Minister for Foreign Affairs that the addition proposed now by the Foreign Office is presumed to be merely a matter of convenience for the Turkish Government and indicates no disposition to modify the willingness expressed by the Minister to negotiate with the United States a brief and simple commercial treaty. In your discretion you may also add that you communicated at once the remarks of the Minister on this subject to your Government and are aware that they have been duly noted.

Stimson

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