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Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1936, General, British Commonwealth, Volume I

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Contents

    • Efforts of the Secretary of State to secure the cooperation of the British Government in his international trade program; preliminary discussions respecting a trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom (Documents 513–555)
      • Informal discussions regarding proposed restriction of trade between Australia and New Zealand to British shipping (Documents 556–562)
        • Supplementary convention between the United States and the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand respecting the tenure and disposition of real and personal property, signed May 27, 1936 (Documents 563–566)
          • Reciprocal arrangements effected by the United States with the United Kingdom, Canada, and the Irish Free State for trans-Atlantic air service (Documents 567–572)
            • Refusal of the British Government to recognize the right of the United States to exercise control outside territorial waters over any vessel flying the British flag, except as provided by treaty (Document 573)
              • Informal representations against proposed preferential tariff rates in certain British West African colonies favoring Empire trade (Documents 574–577)
                • Recognition of the United Kingdom by the United States Government as a reciprocal country under the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (Documents 578–581)

                Contents

                • Preface
                • List of Papers
                • General:
                  • The Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, Geneva: 1936 phase (Documents 1–14)
                  • London Naval Conference, 1935: Second phase, January 6–March 25, 1936 (Documents 15–94)
                  • Efforts to relate other powers to the London Naval Treaty of March 25, 1936, by accession or by separate bilateral treaties (Documents 95–116)
                  • Rejection by the United States of British proposal for renewal of article 19 of the Washington Naval Treaty, February 6, 1922 (Documents 117–120)
                  • Retention of naval tonnage by the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan under articles 17 and 21 of the London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Documents 121–145)
                  • Signature of procès-verbal, November 6, 1936, relating to part IV (rules of submarine warfare), London Naval Treaty, signed April 22, 1930 (Documents 146–153)
                  • Views of the Department of State with respect to neutrality legislation (Documents 154–165)
                  • Analyses and reports by American diplomatic missions regarding European political developments affecting the preservation of peace (Documents 166–300)
                  • The German-Japanese Accord of November 25, 1936, against the Communist International (Documents 301–317)
                  • Negotiations for the suppression of liquor smuggling into the United States:
                    • Belgium (Documents 318–334)
                    • Canada (Documents 335–337)
                    • Cuba (Document 338)
                    • France (Documents 339–348)
                    • Mexico (Documents 349–350)
                    • Netherlands (Documents 351–354)
                    • Norway (Documents 355–367)
                  • Interest of the United States in the efforts of the League of Nations to promote international economic cooperation (Documents 368–405)
                  • Principles underlying the policy of the United States for restoration of international commerce and finance (Documents 406–412)
                  • Interest of the United States in liberalizing the policy of the International Rubber Committee with respect to the world supply of rubber (Documents 413–429)
                  • Preliminary discussions with respect to an international conference on production and marketing of sugar (Documents 430–439)
                  • Tripartite financial stabilization agreement by the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, set forth in simultaneous statements, September 25, 1936 (Documents 440–463)
                  • Status of intergovernmental debts owed the United States by reason of the First World War
                  • Position of the Department of State with respect to the treatment of foreign war debts (Documents 464–489)
                    • France (Documents 468–476)
                    • Italy (Documents 477–488)
                    • Rumania (Document 489)
                  • Opposition of the Department of State to proposals to increase tariff rates on imports from countries in default on war-debt payments (Documents 490–491)
                  • Views of the Department of State on bill providing for acquisition of essential commodities by crediting purchases as payments on war debts and by other methods (Documents 492–493)
                  • Representations by foreign governments against proposed legislation restricting tourist cruises from American ports to American ships (Documents 494–503)
                  • Representations of certain foreign governments against proposed legislation providing for additional requirements with respect to radio facilities on cargo ships (Documents 504–511)
                  • Participation by the United States in the Conference for the Suppression of the Illicit Traffic in Dangerous Drugs, Geneva, June 8–26, 1936
                  • Participation by the United States in the international conference for the standardization of the keeping and operation of herdbooks, Rome, October 12–14, 1936 (Document 512)
                  • Extradition treaties signed between the United States and certain other countries
                • The British Commonwealth of Nations:
                  • United Kingdom:
                    • Efforts of the Secretary of State to secure the cooperation of the British Government in his international trade program; preliminary discussions respecting a trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom (Documents 513–555)
                    • Informal discussions regarding proposed restriction of trade between Australia and New Zealand to British shipping (Documents 556–562)
                    • Supplementary convention between the United States and the United Kingdom, Australia, and New Zealand respecting the tenure and disposition of real and personal property, signed May 27, 1936 (Documents 563–566)
                    • Reciprocal arrangements effected by the United States with the United Kingdom, Canada, and the Irish Free State for trans-Atlantic air service (Documents 567–572)
                    • Refusal of the British Government to recognize the right of the United States to exercise control outside territorial waters over any vessel flying the British flag, except as provided by treaty (Document 573)
                    • Informal representations against proposed preferential tariff rates in certain British West African colonies favoring Empire trade (Documents 574–577)
                    • Recognition of the United Kingdom by the United States Government as a reciprocal country under the Mineral Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 (Documents 578–581)
                  • Australia:
                    • Unsatisfactory trade relations between the United States and Australia (Documents 582–616)
                    • Informal arrangements between the United States and Australia respecting the importation of American aircraft and aircraft parts into Australia (Documents 617–624)
                  • Canada:
                    • Informal discussions between officials of the United States and Canada with respect to trade relations (Documents 625–626)
                    • Convention between the United States and Canada respecting income taxation, signed December 30, 1936 (Documents 627–630)
                    • Protests of the Canadian Government against certain provisions of the liquor tax bill; settlement of United States claims against Canadian distillers (Documents 631–657)
                    • Negotiations respecting the revision of the convention for the preservation of the halibut fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea (Documents 658–663)
                    • Proposed negotiation of a new treaty to deal with the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Basin as a whole, including the Niagara Falls (Documents 664–671)
                  • Irish Free State:
                    • Disinclination of the United States to enter into a trade agreement with the Irish Free State (Documents 672–673)
                  • New Zealand:
                    • Representations regarding discrimination against American commerce in the New Zealand Mandate of Western Samoa (Document 674)
                  • Union of South Africa:
                    • Efforts to meet complaints from South Africa that American import regulations unduly restricted South African exports to the United States (Documents 675–691)
                • Index

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