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Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1937, The British Commonwealth, Europe, Near East and Africa, Volume II

Germany:


Contents

    • Persecution of Jews in Germany (Documents 237–246)
      • Unsatisfactory trade relations between the United States and Germany (Documents 247–256)
        • Negotiations for a settlement of the Drier claim and the sabotage claims of the United States against Germany (Documents 257–270)
          • Informal representations by the German Government regarding derogatory remarks about Chancellor Hitler by Mayor La Guardia of New York (Documents 271–280)
            • Informal representations by Germany with respect to certain utterances of Ambassador Dodd; change of American Ambassadors to Germany (Documents 281–288)
              • Discussions with the German Government regarding right of consular officers to correspond directly with authorities on certain protection matters (Documents 289–291)
                • Informal representations regarding warning by the German Government to American motion picture players against acting in pictures declared inimical to German interests (Documents 292–293)
                  • Representations in behalf of Helmut Hirsch, an American citizen sentenced to death in Germany (Documents 294–307)

                  Contents

                  • The British Commonwealth of Nations:
                    • United Kingdom:
                      • Preliminary discussions respecting a trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom (Documents 1–71)
                      • Informal discussions regarding proposed restriction of trade between Australia and New Zealand to British shipping (Documents 72–77)
                      • Protest by the British Government against the seizure of the motor vessel Miserinko by the United States Coast Guard authorities (Documents 78–84)
                      • Conflicting American and British claims to various islands in the Pacific Ocean (Documents 85–98)
                    • Australia:
                      • Unsatisfactory trade relations between the United States and Australia; announcement by Australian Government of intention to abolish import restrictions (Documents 99–118)
                    • Canada:
                      • Informal discussions respecting the possible negotiation of a new trade agreement between the United States and Canada (Documents 119–123)
                      • Discussions respecting the St. Lawrence Waterway project (Documents 124–128)
                      • Negotiations for the conclusion of an addendum to the tax convention of December 30, 1936 (Documents 129–135)
                      • Representations by the United States and Canada to the United Kingdom respecting projected voyage of the British steamer Thorland to the Pacific halibut fishing grounds (Documents 136–142)
                      • Efforts of the Department of State to obtain an agreement with the Canadian Government for the construction of a highway to Alaska (Documents 143–147)
                      • Convention between the United States and Canada for the preservation of the halibut fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, signed January 29, 1937
                      • Agreement between the United States and Canada regarding exchange of information concerning issuance of radio licenses, effected by exchanges of notes, signed March 2 and 10, August 17, September 8 and 20, and October 9, 1937
                    • Irish Free State:
                      • Arrangement between the United States and the Irish Free State for air navigation, effected by exchange of notes, signed September 29, 1937, and November 4, 1937
                    • Newfoundland:
                      • Desire of the Government of Newfoundland for an arrangement according reductions in rates of taxation similar to the convention between the United States and Canada, December 30, 1936 (Documents 148–149)
                    • New Zealand:
                      • Informal discussions regarding the possibility of improving trade relations between the United States and New Zealand (Document 150)
                      • Efforts to secure from the British Government a solution for the problem of discrimination against American commerce in the New Zealand mandate of Western Samoa (Documents 151–158)
                  • Europe:
                    • Belgium:
                      • Preliminary discussions respecting a supplementary trade agreement between the United States and Belgium (Documents 159–165)
                      • Exchange of views between the United States and Belgium respecting the interpretation of the naturalization convention of November 16, 1868 (Document 166)
                    • Czechoslovakia:
                      • Negotiations respecting a trade agreement between the United States and Czechoslovakia (Documents 167–183)
                      • Discontinuance by Czechoslovak Government of payment of bounties on certain exports to the United States following representations by the American Government (Documents 184–189)
                    • Estonia:
                      • Desire of the Estonian Government for modification of the commercial treaty of 1925; preliminary discussions regarding a trade agreement (Documents 190–203)
                    • France:
                      • Representations respecting French import control measures in alleged violation of trade agreement (Documents 204–212)
                      • Discussions between the United States and France concerning an addendum to the double taxation convention of April 27, 1932 (Documents 213–215)
                      • Negotiations with France for the suppression of liquor smuggling into the United States from St. Pierre-Miquelon (Documents 216–233)
                      • Status under French law of American citizens of French origin with respect to liability to military service in France (Documents 234–236)
                    • Germany:
                      • Persecution of Jews in Germany (Documents 237–246)
                      • Unsatisfactory trade relations between the United States and Germany (Documents 247–256)
                      • Negotiations for a settlement of the Drier claim and the sabotage claims of the United States against Germany (Documents 257–270)
                      • Informal representations by the German Government regarding derogatory remarks about Chancellor Hitler by Mayor La Guardia of New York (Documents 271–280)
                      • Informal representations by Germany with respect to certain utterances of Ambassador Dodd; change of American Ambassadors to Germany (Documents 281–288)
                      • Discussions with the German Government regarding right of consular officers to correspond directly with authorities on certain protection matters (Documents 289–291)
                      • Informal representations regarding warning by the German Government to American motion picture players against acting in pictures declared inimical to German interests (Documents 292–293)
                      • Representations in behalf of Helmut Hirsch, an American citizen sentenced to death in Germany (Documents 294–307)
                    • Greece:
                      • Preliminary negotiations between the United States and Greece for a provisional commercial agreement (Documents 308–315)
                      • Conclusion of a protocol between the United States and Greece interpreting article I of the extradition treaty of May 6, 1931; and withdrawal by the United States of notice of abrogation of the treaty given November 5, 1933 (Documents 316–323)
                    • Italy:
                      • Negotiations respecting a new treaty of friendship, commerce, and navigation between the United States and Italy; temporary commercial arrangement signed December 16, 1937 (Documents 324–375)
                      • Proposals for a convention to supersede the existing consular conventions between the United States and Italy (Documents 376–384)
                    • Lithuania:
                      • Representations regarding alleged discrimination against American trade in Lithuania (Documents 385–390)
                      • Treaty of naturalization, dual nationality, and military service between the United States and Lithuania, signed October 18, 1937 (Documents 391–394)
                    • Norway:
                      • Preliminary discussions respecting a trade agreement between the United States and Norway (Documents 395–401)
                    • Poland:
                      • Preliminary discussions respecting a trade agreement between the United States and Poland (Documents 402–407)
                      • Discrimination against American bondholders in connection with partial defaults and suspensions of payments on various Polish obligations (Documents 408–416)
                      • Informal representations regarding Polish direct shipment requirement in apparent violation of treaty of June 15, 1931 (Documents 417–425)
                      • Anti-Semitism in Poland and consideration of Jewish emigration as a possible solution (Documents 426–435)
                    • Spain:
                      • The Spanish Civil War
                    • Switzerland:
                      • Informal representations respecting Swiss measures for the control of imports in alleged violation of the reciprocal trade agreement (Documents 436–446)
                      • Convention between the United States and Switzerland relative to military obligations of certain persons having dual nationality, signed at Bern, November 11, 1937 (Documents 447–449)
                    • Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
                    • Yugoslavia:
                      • Liability of American citizens having dual nationality for military service when visiting Yugoslavia (Documents 450–451)
                      • Proposals for the regulation of commercial relations between the United States and Yugoslavia (Documents 452–456)
                  • The Near East and Africa:
                    • Afghanistan:
                      • Granting by Afghanistan of an oil concession to the Inland Exploration Company (Documents 457–461)
                      • Consideration by the Department of State of proposals to establish diplomatic representation in Afghanistan (Documents 462–468)
                    • Egypt:
                      • Conference at Montreux for the Abolition of the Capitulations in Egypt, April 12–May 8, 1937 (Documents 469–497)
                      • Consideration of advisability of proposing the negotiation of a consular convention between the United States and Egypt (Documents 498–501)
                      • Renewed proposals by the United States regarding the negotiation of an extradition treaty with Egypt (Documents 502–505)
                    • Ethiopia:
                      • Withdrawal of American diplomatic and consular representatives from Ethiopia (Documents 506–538)
                      • Repressive measures by the Italian authorities against foreign missionary activities in Ethiopia (Documents 539–561)
                    • Iran:
                      • Reluctance of the United States to appoint a Minister to Iran; continued absence of Iranian representation in the United States (Documents 562–572)
                      • Resumption by Iran of delivery of second class mail from the United States after further inquiries by the United States (Documents 573–577)
                      • Grant of an oil concession by the Iranian Government to the Amiranian Oil Company (Documents 578–593)
                      • Representations by the United States regarding discrimination against American trade resulting from the German-Iranian convention for the regulation of payments of October 30, 1935 (Documents 594–595)
                    • Iraq:
                      • Negotiations between the United States and Iraq regarding proposed treaty of commerce and navigation (Documents 596–601)
                    • Liberia:
                      • Proposed new treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation between the United States and Liberia (Documents 602–608)
                      • Proposed consular convention between the United States and Liberia (Documents 609–612)
                      • Treaty of extradition between the United States and Liberia, signed at Monrovia, November 1, 1937
                      • Representations by the United States regarding Liberian customs regulations affecting free entry privileges for missionaries and diplomatic officers (Documents 613–620)
                      • Concern of the United States regarding rumored Polish ambitions in Liberia (Documents 621–627)
                      • Concern of the Department of State regarding possibility of German financial interest in proposed Dutch mineral concession (NEEP) in Liberia (Documents 628–649)
                    • Morocco:
                      • Proposed abolition of capitulatory rights of the United States in the French Zone of Morocco (Documents 650–671)
                    • Palestine:
                      • Interest of the United States in British proposals for the partition of Palestine between Arabs and Jews (Documents 672–716)
                    • Syria and the Lebanon:
                      • Confirmation by the French High Commission of the continued application of the Knabenshue–Gouraud Agreement regarding protection by the United States of naturalized Americans of Syrian or Lebanese origin (Documents 717–731)
                      • Agreement between the United States and France regarding customs privileges for educational, religious, and philanthropic institutions in Syria and the Lebanon
                    • Tanganyika Territory:
                      • Reservation by the United States of its rights as affected by changes of the frontier between the mandated territories of Tanganyika and Ruanda Urundi (Documents 732–733)
                    • Turkey:
                      • Preliminary discussions respecting a trade agreement between the United States and Turkey (Documents 734–748)
                      • Adjustment of payments due to the United States by Turkey under the agreement of December 24, 1923, and subsequent supplemental agreements (Documents 749–752)
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