Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1934, General, the British Commonwealth, Volume I

611.62M31/82

The Secretary of State to the Consul General at Wellington ( Bucklin )

Washington , October 18, 1934.

Sir: In acknowledging the Consulate General’s despatch No. 15 of September 13, 1934, on the subject of discrimination against American commerce in Western Samoa, which despatch has proven very helpful, and a copy of which has been transmitted to the American Embassy at London, the Department desires to ask two additional questions.

(1) Is the Department correct in understanding that the preference in Western Samoa to British goods applies to goods from all portions of the British Empire?

(2) Is the Department correct in understanding, from the absence of mention of the Ottawa Agreements,⁹ that New Zealand does not enforce in Western Samoa preferential rates arising from them?

Very truly yours,

For the Secretary of State:

William Phillips

9. British and Foreign State Papers, vol. cxxxv, pp. 161–231.