800.51W89 Lithuania/111
The Acting Secretary of State to the Lithuanian Minister (Balutis)
Sir: The President directs me to acknowledge the receipt of your note of June 23, 1933, in which you set forth the decision of the Lithuanian Government to pay the Government of the United States the sum of $10,000, as a payment on account and as an acknowledgment by the Lithuanian Government of the debt due to the United States. The statement contained in your notes of June 15 and June 23, 1933, as to the inability of your Government to pay the entire amount due has been noted.
In accordance with your request, the Government of the United [Page 901] States will be glad to receive the representations of the Government of Lithuania with regard to the entire debt question between the two countries at a date to be agreed upon.
Accept [etc.]