Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1938, The British Commonwealth, Europe, Near East, and Africa, Volume II

611.41D31/60: Telegram

The Minister in Ireland (Cudahy) to the Secretary of State

Dublin, May 30, 1938—4 p.m.
[Received May 30—1:23 p.m.]

17. Referring to Department’s telegram No. 11, May 28, 3 p.m., Department’s attention is invited to despatch number 54, of January 29th. In proposing to enter into negotiations for a trade agreement the Government of Ireland has agreed to accept the principle of unconditional most-favored-nation treatment applicable to all forms of trade and payments control and referred to the trade convention of 1815¹³ based on most-favored-nation treatment to show that this policy has long been in effect between our two countries.

Cudahy

13. Convention To Regulate Commerce, signed at London July 3, 1815; Hunter Miller (ed.), Treaties and Other International Acts of the United States of America, vol. 2, p. 595.