Foreign Relations of the United States, The Soviet Union, 1933–1939

857H.01/103

The French Ambassador (Laboulaye) to the Secretary of State

[Translation]

Washington, June 26, 1935.

Mr. Secretary of State: Pursuant to instructions from our Government, I have the honor to advise Your Excellency that following the invitation which had been addressed to the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, the Ambassador of the Union at Paris⁹¹ has notified the Minister of Foreign Affairs⁹² that his country adhered to the Treaty on Spitzbergen signed at Paris, February 9, 1920. This adherence was expressed by an Act dated May 7th last, a certified true copy of which is enclosed⁹³ with the present letter.

Please accept [etc.]

André de Laboulaye

91. Vladimir Petrovich Potëmkin.
92. Pierre Laval.
93. Not attached to file copy.