711.00 Statement July 16, 1937/190: Telegram
The Minister in Rumania (Harrison) to the Secretary of State
[Received 8:55 p.m.]
18. Your circular August 12, 6 p.m.,29 communicated to Under Secretary for Foreign Affairs noon today. Following is translation of the note just received:
“Mr. Minister: You have been good enough to furnish me with the text of the declarations made to the press July 16, 1937, by Mr. Cordell Hull, Secretary of State of the United States of America.
In thanking you for this kind communication, I desire to express to you all the importance which the Rumanian Government attaches to these declarations which reflect so well the desire for international peace and cooperation with which the American Government has always been inspired.
The Rumanian Government has not ceased to conform its policy to the principles which Mr. Hull has wished to reaffirm with such force and clarity. Rumania was happy to adhere to the Pact of Paris of 1929 which condemned for ever the use of force in international relations. Likewise Rumania has shown in every instance that she desired to conform to the rules of strict nonintervention in the internal affairs of other nations.
No principle is dearer to Rumania than that of the sanctity of treaties—these can neither be submitted to discussion nor modified, without the free and formal consent of the interested states.
Rumania is ready to join in every effort with a view to contribute to economic rapprochement between the states through the suppression of the reduction of the barriers to international commerce. Like the United States, she is prepared to consider the reduction or the increase of her armed forces in proportion to the reductions or increases effected by other neutral countries.
I avail myself, et cetera. Signed Victor Antonesco.”
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