611.6731/126
The Secretary of State to the Chargé in Turkey (Ives)
Sir: The Department has received and read with interest the Embassy’s despatch No. 706 of April 10, 1929, transmitting the original signed note of the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs and a copy of Mr. Grew’s note as they were exchanged in Angora on April 8, 1929, and which accord mutual most-favored-nation treatment in customs matters for a further period of one year from April 11, 1929.
The Department fully appreciates the difficulties which attended the negotiations preceding the present exchange of notes and has noted with satisfaction the skillful manner in which this matter was handled.
The notes as signed on April 8, 1929, appear adequately to fulfill the purpose which they were intended to serve, and the Department perceives no fundamental objection to the alterations in phraseology in the Foreign Minister’s note. It is therefore not deemed necessary that the alterations be further discussed with the Turkish authorities.
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