711.679 Residence and
Establishment/76
The Ambassador in Turkey (
Grew
) to
the Secretary of State
Ankara
, October 30, 1931.
[Received
November 17.]
No. 1362
Sir: With reference to my telegram No. 49,
October 12, 1 P.M., and the Department’s mail instruction No. 320,
February 26, 1931,18 I transmit herewith the Treaty of Residence and
Establishment signed at Ankara on October 28.19 I also
transmit a copy of my letter to the Minister of Foreign Affairs as
approved by the Department’s telegram No. 28, July 10 [27], 12 noon [11 a.m.], and the
original and English translation of the Minister’s acknowledgment of the
same.
Respectfully yours,
[Enclosure 1]
The American Ambassador (
Grew
) to the Turkish Minister for Foreign Affairs
(
Tevfik Rüştü
Bey
)
Ankara
, October 28,
1931.
My Dear Mr. Minister: The Government of the
United States of America is fully alive to the changes which have
taken place in Turkey. Its sole desire is that the development of
the relations between the two countries should proceed upon the
basis of these changed conditions. It was with such considerations
in mind that the Government of the United States of America
negotiated the exchange of notes of February 17, 1927, and the
Treaty of Commerce and Navigation of October 1, 1929; it is on this
same basis that it has negotiated the Treaty of Residence and
Establishment which its representative is signing today, and that it
is always ready to negotiate treaties of arbitration and
conciliation.
I am [etc.]
[Page 1044]
[Enclosure
2—Translation]
The Turkish Minister far Foreign Affairs
(
Tevfik Rüştü
Bey
) to the American
Ambassador (
Grew
)
Ankara
, October 28,
1931.
Mr. Ambassador: I have the honor to
acknowledge the receipt of your letter of October 28, 1931, as
follows:
[Here follows text of the letter printed supra.]
I have noted its contents in my Government’s name and pray Your
Excellency to accept [etc.]
