800.51W89 Latvia/139
The Latvian Consul General at New York ( Lule ) to the Acting Secretary of State
Sir: I am authorized and directed by my Government to advise you that by order of the Government of Latvia $8,500 (eight thousand five hundred dollars) have been transferred to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, for the Account of the Treasury of the United States. My Government requests the Government of the United States of America to accept the said amount in token of acknowledgment of the indebtedness of Latvia to the United States, in connection with the payment due on December 15, 1933, pending the revision of the existing Agreement.
On behalf of my Government, I beg, Sir, to express sincere regret that the financial situation of the country and the actual state of the Treasury of Latvia, do not permit of a larger, partial payment at this time.
I have permitted myself to forward a similar notification to The Secretary of the Treasury of the United States.
Please accept [etc.]