Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers,
1938, The American Republics, Volume V
Index
- Aerial bombardment. See under
Conference of American States: Discussions.
- Agreements. See
Treaties, conventions, etc.
- All America Cables, Inc., 536, 540, 554–560
- American Smelting and Refining Co., 727
- Anglo-Ecuadorian Oilfields, Ltd., 539, 540, 543, 548, 553–554
- Arbitration. See
Argentina: Boundary
dispute; Mexico: Expropriation of American-owned agrarian properties: International arbitration; Permanent Court of International Justice; and
under the following:
Chaco dispute: Peace
treaty; Ecuador-Peru boundary
dispute.
- Argentina (see also
Conference of American States: Argentine memorandum
and
Discussions: Neutral
consultation; and under
Chaco dispute), 272–320
- Boundary dispute with Chile, controversy over Beagle
Channel Islands, 210–217
- Trade agreement with United States, preliminary
discussions, 272–313
- Exchange provisions:
- Bilateral trade balance, Argentine policy, 272–275, 284, 291, 292, 306–507; U. S. views, 284
- Debt service, relation to, 273, 304–305
- Most-favored-nation treatment, U. S. policy, 276–277, 281–283, 284–286, 287, 294; Argentine views, 278–281, 293, 306–307
- Proportional formula, U. S. proposals, 288–290, 294–295, 300, 304;
Argentine position, 292–293, 298, 302, 304, 308
- Specified products basis, 287–288
- Surcharge on exchange for U. S. goods, 272–273
- Publicity regarding, 275–276, 283–284, 293–294, 296
- Tariff concessions, 296, 298–299, 300, 300–301, 305, 309
- Termination provision, 286,
287, 300
- U. S. Army Air Corps officers, engaged by Argentina
to serve as military aviation instructors, 313–320; Brazilian
objections, 316–320
- Artistic and scientific institutions and historic monuments, treaty on
protection of (1935), cited, 23–24
- Aviation, 70
- Axis influence in Latin America, 218, 409–420, 539, 727, 728, 732
- Bananera del Ecuador, Cia., 536, 540, 554
- Bolivia (see also
Chaco dispute), confiscation of properties in
Bolivia of Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey, 321–329
- Accusations against Company, 326–329
- Courses of action suggested: Court action, 322, 323, 324, 325,
328; international arbitration, 321–322, 323
- Formal protest by Company, 325
- U. S. informal assistance to Company, 321–324, 325–326, 328–329
- Boundary disputes:
- Brazil (see also
Chaco dispute), 330–420
- Agreement with United States for military mission,
signed Nov. 12 at Rio de Janeiro, citation to
text, 420
- Exchange restrictions, U. S. efforts to secure
equitable treatment for American interests, 330–373
- Agreement with United States on purchase of gold for
dollar exchange, 342–344, 362
- Armaments, Brazilian purchase of, relation to, 338, 339, 345, 346–347
- Bank of Brazil, difficulties of, 333, 334, 335, 342–343, 350, 357, 362–363; assistance of Export-Import
Bank, 356–357, 361–363; negotiations with Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, 343,
354–355, 357, 358
- Decree law affecting foreign exchange, signed Dec. 23, 1937: Danger of frozen
credit situation in connection with, 332, 338, 347; suspension of exchange
transactions in connection with, 332–333, 339–340; text, 330–331
- Foreign debt in relation to exchange, U. S. interest in,
344–345
- German-Brazilian situation (see also
German-Brazilian commercial
agreement, infra), 344–353
passim, 358, 359–360, 363, 370
- Gold shipments to United States to establish credit, 389, 341, 343, 354–355
- Imports from United States, relation to, 359–361
- National Foreign Trade Council, activities of, 359–361, 370–371
- Negotiations with U. S. Treasury, 363–367, 371–373
- Oil Company quotas, contracts for, 336, 339, 341
- U. S.-Brazilian Commercial Committees in Rio de Janeiro
and New York (see also
U. S.-Brazilian Mixed Commissions,
infra), 350–351, 370–371
- U. S. representations, 335,
340, 344–349
passim, 361–362, 368, 369–370
- Foreign debt service, suspension of, 373–382
- Aranha plan for payment, 376,
377–378, 379
- Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, position of, 374, 377, 378, 380, 381
- German - Brazilian compensation mark arrangement, relation
to. See
Exchange Restrictions: German-Brazilian situation, supra.
- U. S. representations, 376–377, 380–381
- German-Brazilian commercial agreement (1936), 382–396
- Compensation mark (see also
Negotiations, infra), question of increasing value of, 387–388, 389–390, 393, 394–395
- Discontinuance of (1939), 396
- Negotiations regarding proposed new
compensation arrangement, and U. S. representations, 382–387, 388–393, 394
- U. S.-German trade in relation to, 395–396
- Nazi activities, 408–420
- Assassination attempt against President Vargas, motivated
by, 413–414, 415, 417–418; German attitude, 415, 416, 419
- Attitude of German Embassy, 409, 410, 412, 414; of German population in Brazil, 411–412
- Decree law to curtail, actions in connection with, 409–410, 411, 412–414
- Plot against government, 419–420
- President Vargas’ reactions, 409; message from President Roosevelt, 410
- Trade agreement with United States, problems relative to, 405–408
- U. S. Army Air Corps officers in Argentina,
Brazilian objections to, 316–320
- U. S.-Brazilian Mixed Commissions in New York and
Rio de Janeiro for promotion of trade relations: Membership, 398, 399,
400, 402–404; purpose, 397, 401; U.
S. announcement of establishment, 404–405
- British Honduras-Guatemala boundary dispute, 202–209
- Chaco dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay: Chaco Peace
Conference, 89–177
- Arbitration (see also
Mediation activities: Boundary negotiations, infra):
Arbitral award, 154, 155, 156,
161, 163–164, 168–169, 171, 174,
177; arbitral compromise, 95, 110–113, 114,
119, 137, 140, 142, 143, 144, 150,
154, 155, 156; arbitrators, 163–164, 167, 169,
170–171,
174
- Argentina (see also
Mediation activities, infra): Conference resolution of appreciation, 91; general policy, 95, 97, 98, 102, 112, 113–114, 116
- Bilateral agreement, Paraguayan proposal to Bolivia for, 143–144
- Bolivian delegation, internal differences of, 116, 160
- Boundary negotiations. See under
Mediation activities, infra.
- Communiqué issued to the press, 139
- Ecuador-Peru boundary dispute, Ecuadoran appeal to Chaco
mediators, 234–242
passim
- Hostilities, possibility of renewal, 94, 100, 103, 108, 118, 123,
124, 134, 136, 137, 140, 150, 156,
157
- Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, possible
action in certain contingency, 113
- Mediation activities conducted by Argentina, Brazil,
Chile, Peru, Uruguay, and United States:
- Argentine influence on Paraguay regarded as imperative,
90, 98, 122, 123, 139
- Bolivian attitude: General, 94,
101, 105, 107, 121, 130, 136, 137, 144, 148, 158; failure of Conference,
question of, 101, 148–149, 150, 151–152, 153; threat to
leave Conference, 146, 149
- Boundary negotiations:
- Final position of ex-belligerents, 160
- Formulae for frontiers: Bolivian, 94, 108; Committee, 96, 97, 102, 110–111;
Conference lines, final proposal, 124–125, 135, 146; Paraguayan, 93, 95, 98, 99, 110, 118, 119, 134–135, 136, 140–141, 145–146, 152; U.
S., 93
- Conference offer: Bolivian acceptance, 129, 134; meeting of exbelligerents for final
consideration of, 119–120, 122, 124–125: Paraguayan rejection, 130, 138; President Roosevelt’s support, 126–129
- Paraguayan attitude: General, 92, 93, 94, 95,
105, 115, 118, 134, 135, 144, 146, 149, 157–158; intransigence of delegates,
98, 102–103, 116, 117, 123, 130, 134, 135, 143, 148
- Plebiscite in Paraguay, question of, 147, 149, 150, 151, 152–153, 161, 164, 169
- Port facilities, Bolivian demand for:
- Committee formulae, 96,
97, 98, 100, 107, 108, 111, 120, 125, 131
- Free port vs. sovereign port, discussion of, 93, 94, 95, 96, 99, 100, 107, 147, 149, 150, 151, 154, 162; free port privileges
granted, 161, 164, 169
- Paraguayan rejections and counterproposals, 108, 110, 146
- U. S. attitude, 93,
99
- Military Commission to Chaco, 167
- Mixed Commission. See under
Peace Treaty, infra.
- Paraguayan delegation (see also under
Mediation activities, supra): Divergent declarations, 134; incomplete information to Asunción, 141; internal differences, 132–133, 159, 166
- Peace treaty:
- Draft text, 160, 163–165, 166; final draft
text, 168–170, 171, 172, 173
- Formal signing arrangements: Preliminaries, 161, 162, 165–166, 167, 168; signatures,
172–173
- Inducements offered by Argentina for Bolivian acceptance,
101, 105, 107, 156–157
- Mixed Commission of the Conference, 164, 167, 169; act of constituting, 175–177
- Plan of procedure proposed by United States, 153–156; attitudes of Bolivia and Paraguay, 158
- Press comment, 109, 139, 143,
149–150
- Prisoners Committee, work of, 89, 94
- Troop movements disturbing Conference, 140, 160
- U. S. military observers in Chaco, 142, 145
- World Court, possible resort to as alternative to
Conference mediation, 100, 106, 113;
arbitration by a distinguished citizen, instead of, 119; optional clause of statute, 129–130
- Chase National Bank of New York, 812, 813, 817n
, 818
- Chile (see also
Chaco dispute), 421–461
- Commercial agreement with United States, provisional, signed Jan. 6 and Feb. 1,
421–431
- Trade agreement with United States, preliminary discussions
concerning, 431–461
- Exchange provisions: British negotiations with Chile,
relation to, 436, 440–441, 442–443, 443–444, 451; Chilean compensation
agreements with Germany and others, relation to, 439, 442–443, 443, 448–449; Chilean
position, 439, 440–441, 442–443, 443, 448–449, 460–461; commission
to readjust, proposal for, 440,
443; most-favored-nation
principle, 432, 433, 441, 442, 452, 457–458; U. S.
position, 432–433, 446–447, 450–454
- Most-favored-nation principle, 432, 433, 441, 442, 452, 457–459
- Public announcement, U. S. procedure, 433, 455–456
- Tariff concessions, considerations relating to, 437, 439
- U. S. “standard” general provisions, 433–434; draft
revisions, discussion and texts, 451–459
- Chilean-Argentine commercial treaty (1881), cited,
212
- Claims. See under
Mexico.
- Clayton-Bulwer treaty (1850), 204–205, 207, 208, 653
- Cocos Island, U. S. attitude toward acquisition from Costa Rica, 467–471
- Coffee (see also under
Haiti): Costa Rica, question of export quotas,
468; El Salvador, export tax, 562, 563, 564
- Colombia, 462–466
- Agreements with United States for military aviation
mission and for naval mission, signed Nov.
23, citations to texts, 466
- Expressions of good will and of desire for cooperation between
United States and Colombia, 462–466
- Collective security pact. See
Conference of American States: Discussions: Defense.
- Commercial aviation convention of Havana (1928),
70
- Commissions, committees, etc.:
- Claims Commissions, U. S.–Mexico: General, 675, 679, 682–683, 763–765, 769–771;
Special, 683, 701
- Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, 374, 377, 378, 380,
381, 491, 503, 561n
, 567, 580–581, 586,
588, 589–590, 593–598
passim, 874–875, 882–887
passim
- Inter-American Commission of Women, 74–75, 84
- Mixed Commission of Chaco Peace Conference, 164, 167, 169, 175–177
- National Foreign Trade Council, 359–361, 370–371
- Permanent Commission provided by Gondra treaty of 1923, 178–183
passim, 185, 186, 189–190, 192–196, 671,
695, 715, 715–716, 718
- Securities and Exchange Commission, 487–488, 815
- Conference of American States, Eighth International, Lima,
Dec. 9–27, 1–88
- Agenda (see also
Discussions, infra):
Outline of, 55–57; U. S. position, 20, 53–80
- Argentine memorandum, 33–36; reports concerning
Argentine views on Conference, 31–33
- Boundary disputes, relation to, 220–221, 233, 235,
265, 269
- Declaration of Lima, signed Dec. 24 (see also
Discussions: Defense, infra), text and
information on signing of, 83–84, 88
- Discussions concerning—
- Aerial bombardment, project of convention for prohibition,
20–27, 44, 752; attitudes of U. S. Navy
Department and of U. S. War Department, 46–47, 52–53
- Continental solidarity. See
Defense, infra.
- Defense—collective security pact: Argentine
opposition to, 47–48, 85;
declaration in lieu of convention, question of, 80–81,
82; information concerning,
38–44, 49, 50; joint compromise formula, 86–87:
President Roosevelt’s remarks and approval, 38–39,
85; signed, Dec. 24, 88; text, 83–84
- Inter-American Court, objections to creation of: By
Argentina, 32, 34: by Brazil, 19
- Neutral consultation, Argentine project,
37, 42, 44–45, 80–81; U. S. proposed
revisions and Argentine reaction, 45–46, 51
- Ninth International Conference of American States,
proposed sites, 83, 84
- Pan American League of Nations, Colombian-Dominican
project: Information concerning, 12–15, 17–19,
28; opposition, 13, 14,
19, 28, 31, 32–33,
34, 37; support, 13, 18–19,
462; U. S. position, 14, 15–17, 28, 30
- Peace machinery, U. S. project on coordination of (see also
Argentine memorandum, supra): Advance reaction at lima,
52; consolidated peace
treaty, draft, 37–38; introduced to conference, 81
- Spanish situation, discussion in Committee on Initiatives,
82–83
- Instructions to U. S. delegates. See
U. S. participation: Delegation, infra.
- Mediation and good offices, Mexican proposal concerning, 29
- Preliminaries to assembling of Conference (see
also
U. S. participation, infra):
- Agenda. See
Program, infra.
- Date, place and invitations, discussions concerning, 1–12,
185–186
- Postponement of Conference, decision against, 2–8
- Program prepared by Governing Board of Pan
American Union: Agenda items, outline of, 55–57;
U. S. policy concerning, 20, 53–80
- Proceedings (see also
Discussions, supra),
80–88
- U. S. participation:
- Delegation, instructions to (see also
Outline of policy, infra), 53–80
- Invitation from Peruvian Government, 8–10; acceptance, 10–12
- Outline of policy concerning agenda items:
Economic problems, 66–74; intellectual cooperation and
moral disarmament, 75–78; international law, 62–66;
Pan American Union and the International Conferences of
American States, 78–79; organization of peace, 57–62;
reports, 80; women’s rights, 74–75
- Conferences, international:
- Inter-American Conference for the Maintenance of Peace, Buenos
Aires (1936), 9,
12, 16,
29, 31,
32, 37,
42, 45,
51, 58,
59, 60,
66, 67,
79, 113,
197, 234, 342, 774, 900, 945
- Inter-American Radio Conference, Havana (1937), 70
- Inter-American Technical Aviation Conference, Lima (1937), 70
- International Conference of American States on Conciliation and
Arbitration, Washington (Dec. 10, 1928–Jan. 5,
1929), 189–190
- Second International Conference of American States, Mexico City
(1902), 682
- Sixth International Conference of American States, Havana (1928), 64, 79
- Seventh International Conference of American States, Montevideo
(1933), 58,
67, 74,
682, 692, 900, 945
- Eighth International Conference of American States. See
Conference of American States.
- Continental solidarity. See
Conference of American States: Discussions: Defense.
- Coolidge, Calvin, 79
- Costa Rica (see also
Honduras-Nicaragua boundary dispute: Mediation Commission), 467–471
- Cocos Island, U. S. purchase of, proposed, 467–471
- Trade agreement with United States, 858, 862
- Cotopaxi Exploration Co., 538–539, 552 Cuba, 472–490
- Public Works debt, U. S. assistance in efforts to
secure settlement of, 475–490
- Supplemental trade agreement with United States, discussion
concerning, 472–474, 483, 485
- Cultural Relations Division, Department of State, creation of, 75–76
- Cummings, Homer (Attorney General), 211
- Dallas-Clarendon treaty (1856), 206–208
- Debts. See
Brazil: Foreign debt
service; Cuba: Public Works debt; El Salvador: Loan Contract
of 1922
; Haiti:
Agreements
and
Franco-Haitian commercial agreement: Provisions regarding French gold loan of 1910
; Peru: Bond payments.
- Declaration of Lima, Dec. 24, regarding solidarity
of American States. See under
Conference of American States.
- Discrimination. See under
Ecuador; Mexico; Peru: Bond payments
and
Trade agreement with United States; Uruguay: Exchange
restrictions
and
Trade agreement with United States.
- Dominican Republic (see also
Haitian-Dominican dispute), 491–508
- Convention with United States of Dec. 27, 1924, negotiations for new convention modifying,
491–503
- Bonded indebtedness, proposals for amortization and
service, 491–492, 503
- Good neighbor policy, Dominican emphasis on, 492, 494
- President Trujillo, attitude, 493–494, 495, 496–497, 498–499
- Protection of interests of U. S. bondholders, 491–498, 502, 502–503
- Receivership General of Customs, 491–496
passim, 499
- Haitian apprehensions as to Dominican aggression, 623, 641–644, 645,
647
- Trade agreement with United States, preliminary discussions
concerning, 503–508
- Ecuador (see also
Ecuador-Peru boundary dispute), 509–560
- Discrimination against foreign companies (see also
Taxation of foreign companies, infra), Decree No. 27 of Dec. 13, 1937, regarding pensions, 536–537, 538, 539–540, 540,
543–544,
544, 553, 554
- Free entry guarantees to foreign companies, abolition of, 538, 538–539, 540,
544, 552, 559
- Municipal taxation of foreign goods, 521, 523–524
- President Enríquez, attitude toward foreign companies, 539, 540,
542, 545, 552, 554–555, 556, 557
- Taxation of foreign companies and goods, 513, 521,
523–524,
537–538,
539, 540, 543, 544, 551, 552, 553,
554–560
- Trade agreement with United States, signed Aug.
6, 509–535
- Negotiations: Balance of trade clause, 509–511, 512–513, 513–514, 516; Ecuadoran import and
exchange regulations involved, 519–526
passim; effect on trade balance of
exporting cyanide concentrates to United States, 509–510, 511, 513, 524; most-favored-nation clause, 510–511, 512, 513, 527; post-signature revisions, 529–532; reservations covering arms and measures
relating to neutrality, 532–535; tariff concessions by
Ecuador, 511, 514–515, 518, 526–527, 527; termination
clause, 510–511, 512, 513, 516
- Text, citation to, 535
- U. S. protection of American business interests: All
America Cables, Inc., 536, 540, 554–560; South American Development Co., 536–554
- Ecuador-Peru boundary dispute, 217–245
- Arbitration, proposals for: President Roosevelt as arbitrator,
217, 219, 222, 226, 227, 233; World Court as arbitrator, 217–218, 219, 221–222, 223
- Bilateral negotiations, question of, 228, 233
- Boundary Conference, Peruvian suspension of, 228, 232;
Ecuadoran attitude, 229, 230, 231
- Conference of American States held at Lima, relation to, 220–221, 233, 235
- Ecuadoran position: Influence of Italian military mission, 218; proposal for amplification of
Protocol of June 21, 1924, 226, 227,
228, 230, 232; request for good
offices of Chaco mediators, 231, 234–242
passim; threat to boycott Conference of
American States, 220–221, 233
- Peruvian position (see also
Boundary Conference, supra), 186–187, 232,
233
- U. S. position, 219–225, 243–245
- Eighth International Conference of American States. See
Conference of American States.
- El Salvador, Loan Contract of 1922
and Readjustment Agreement of Apr. 27, 1936,
suspension of payments under, 561–572
- Financial position of El Salvador, 562–565, 567–568, 570–571
- Informal assistance by Department of State to representatives of
holders of Salvadoran bonds under 1922
contract, 561–566, 568–569, 570–571
- President Martínez, attitude, 564–565, 569,
572
- Exchange restrictions. See
Argentina: Trade
agreement: Exchange provisions; Ecuador: Trade agreement with
United States; and under
Brazil
and
Uruguay.
- Export-Import Bank, 356–357, 361–363, 574n
,
617, 632, 820
- Federal Reserve Bank of New York, 343, 354–355, 357, 358, 818
- Federal Reserve Board, 818
- Foreign Bondholders Protective Council. See under
Commissions, committees, etc.
- France (see also
Haiti: Franco-Haitian
commercial agreement), 427
- Geneva convention (July 27, 1929), provisions for
protection of medical establishments and Red Cross personnel, cited, 24–25
- Germany. See
Axis influence in Latin America; Brazil: German-Brazilian
commercial agreement
and
Nazi activities; Honduras:
Commercial treaty with Germany; Panama:
Sale of land.
- Glass-Steagall Banking Act of June 16, 1933, 812
- Gondra treaty. See under
Treaties, conventions, etc.
- Good neighbor policy, 54, 464, 492, 494, 605, 606, 675, 677
- Good offices. See
Peru: Bond payments
and under
Haitian-Dominican dispute.
- Great Britain. See
United Kingdom.
- Guano Island Act of Aug. 18, 1856, cited, 654
- Guatemala, dispute with United Kingdom in connection with the boundary of
British Honduras, 202–209
- Hague Peace Conferences of 1899 and 1907, 21–23, 25–26
- Haiti (see also
Haitian-Dominican dispute), 573–649
- Agreements with United States:
- Agreement signed Jan. 13 (modifying
Accord of Aug. 7, 1933) providing for
partial suspension of debt payments (see
also
Supplementary agreement, infra), 573–593
- Drafts, 585, 592–593; citation to text, 593
- Negotiations, based on Haitian financial
difficulties, 573–593
- Supplementary agreement signed July 1 providing for extension of the
partial moratorium, 593–602
- Discussions leading to, 593–599
- Exchange of notes preliminary to signing of, 599–602
- Text cited, 599n
- American loan of 1922. See
Agreements, supra, and
under
Franco-Haitian commercial agreement: Provisions, infra.
- Calixte plot, 595n
, 646n
- Coffee: Export tax reduction, and decline of prices
in world markets, 573, 574, 575,
582–583,
590–594,
596–597,
599–600;
French sacks and shipping, 610, 612, 631,
635; French surtax on imports,
question of, 602–603, 607, 608, 609,
610, 619, 620, 625; importance of French coffee market to Haitian
economy, question of, 602, 604, 609–610, 621,
629, 634–635, 639
- Dominican aggression, apprehension of, 623, 641–644, 645,
647
- Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, 580–581, 586, 588,
589–590,
593–598
passim
- Franco-Haitian commercial agreement and U. S.
representations in connection with, 602–641
- French surtax on imports of Haitian coffee, 602–603, 607, 608, 609, 610, 619, 620, 625
- Haitian denunciation, possibility of, 629, 630–631, 633, 636, 638, 638–639
- Most-favored-nation treatment, Haitian failure to extend
to United States, 630, 636–637, 638–641
- Protocol of Signature: Financial clause, U. S.
representations and Haitian position (see
also
Provisions: Transfer, infra), 615, 616–622, 623, 631–632; publication and
ratification, question of, 618,
622, 623, 625–626, 628
- Provisions regarding French gold loan of 1910, question of inclusion: American
loan of 1922, relation to, 603, 605, 611, 615–616, 617, 619, 621, 621–622, 623–624, 632, 635; transfer of 1910 loan
redemption fund from National City Bank of New York to
Banque de l’Union Parisienne of Paris, 611, 612, 613–614, 615, 617, 619, 620–621, 622, 625, 626, 627, 628–630, 632, 632–633, 634, 635, 637–638, 638
- Signing of convention, 613
- French gold loan of 1910. See
Franco-Haitian commercial agreement: Provisions, supra.
- Garde d’Haiti: Assassination plot against Palace
Garde commander, 595, 595n
, 646, 646n
; U. S. Army advisers, engagement
of, 641–649
- Noninterference policy of United States, 574–575, 582
- President Vincent: Attitude toward United States, 605, 622,
635–636;
views regarding Dominican President Trujillo, 641, 642
- Public works program, 598, 601, 602,
614, 616, 622, 622n
, 646
- Haitian-Dominican dispute, settlement of, 178–201
- Good offices of Cuba, Mexico, and United States,
requested by Haiti, 196–197, 198
- Negotiations: Demands and proposals, 179, 181, 183, 184,
188, 191–192, 194; Dominican attitude, 179–180, 188, 190,
190–191,
193, 197–198; Haitian attitude,
180, 181–182, 185, 188–189; Papal Nuncio, activities of, 181, 182,
184, 188, 191, 192, 193, 197–198;
Permanent Commission provided for by Gondra treaty of 1923, relation to, 178–186
passim, 189–190, 192–196
- Protocol of settlement, Jan. 31, 196, 199;
Dominican compliance, 200, 201
- Honduras (see also
Honduras-Nicaragua boundary dispute): Commercial
treaty with Germany, U. S. attitude toward renewal of, 656; sovereignty over Swan Islands, reservation by Honduras of
claim to, 650–655
- Honduras-Nicaragua boundary dispute, 245–271
- Arbitral award of 1906 by King of Spain,
245, 249, 250, 253, 256
- Armaments, proposal for purchase, 260–263, 270
- Bilateral negotiations, suggested as possibility, 255
- Mediation Commission, activities of:
- Aerial mapping, proposed as basis for examination, 245, 249, 270, 271
- Costa Rican attitude regarded as threat to mediation, 255, 256; question of withdrawal, 253, 268, 269, 270
- Honduran grant of territory, suggested as possibility,
245
- Indemnity to Nicaragua, discussed, 256–257
- Sessions, question of discontinuation of, 251, 252–254, 256, 257–260, 264; Panama-Costa Rica boundary
settlement as factor, 265–267, 268
- Tribunal powers for, suggested by Nicaragua, 250
- Protocol of Dec. 10, 1937, question of
extending, 258, 260–263, 270
- Immigration quotas, Argentine views on, 33,
35
- Inter-American Court, proposed, 3, 5, 19, 32, 34, 37
- Inter-American Technical Aviation Conference (1937), 70
- Italy. See
Axis influence in Latin America.
- Jones-Costigan Act of May 9, 1934, cited, 507
- Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928), 32, 34
- League of Nations: References to in connection with proposed Pan American
League of Nations, 17–18, 19–20;
sanctions, experience in use of, 59
- Lima, Declaration of (Declaration of the Principles of Solidarity of
Americas), signed Dec. 24 See under
Conference of American States.
- Manufacturers Trust Co. of New York, 561, 566
- Mediation. See
Haitian-Dominican dispute: Good offices; and under
Chaco dispute; Conference of
American States; Honduras-Nicaragua boundary
dispute.
- Mexico, 657–783
- Agrarian situation. See
Expropriation of American-owned agrarian
properties, infra.
- Claims (see also
Expropriation of American-owned agrarian
properties, infra): Discussion of
an agreement between United States and Mexico for lump sum
settlement of general claims, 761–772; general claims convention with
United States, 1923, and protocol of 1934, cited, 665,
668, 669, 672, 682
- Conference of American States, Mexican proposals regarding a
convention on prohibition of aerial bombardment, 20–27, 44, 40–47, 52–53; regarding a protocol on mediation and
good offices, 29
- Discrimination against United States in tariff increases, 773–774, 776, 778,
779
- Expropriation of American-owned agrarian properties,
U. S. representations for discontinuance pending authorization for
payment and exchange of notes providing for settlement of claims
arising therefrom (see also
Expropriation of oil properties, infra), 657–719
- Agrarian bonds, 680–682, 751
- Compensation, debate on principle of, 674–678, 679–684, 685–689, 696–701, 703–705, 705–707, 741–742
- General Claims Commission, 675, 679, 682–683
- International arbitration, question of resort
to, 678, 683–684, 689–692, 696
- Permanent Commission provided for by Gondra treaty (1923), 671, 695, 715, 715–716, 718
- President Cárdenas, attitude of, 664, 672, 702, 702–703, 710–713, 739, 750–751, 751
- Rights of foreigners, question of, 681–682, 692–693, 700–701
- Settlement of claims arising from expropriation: Exchange
of notes, Nov. 9 and 12, providing for, 714–719; U. S. press release, Dec.
14, 719
- Special Claims Commission, 683, 701
- Yaqui Valley situation, 661,
666–667, 670, 671, 672–674, 684–685, 750
- Expropriation of oil properties of American
companies without adequate compensation, U. S. representations
regarding, 720–761
- Axis activities, possibility of, 727, 728, 732
- Companies involved, 725–726
- Compensation principle, 738,
741–742
- Decree effecting, 725–726
- President Cárdenas, attitude of, 722, 722–723, 729, 731, 733–734, 739; reported
statement on U. S. representations, 755, 755n
- Representations of U. S. companies, 721, 722
- Violence, threat of, 723, 726–727
- Wage controversy, in relation to, 720–725, 726
- Land reform. See
Expropriation of American-owned agrarian
properties, supra.
- Tariff increases, U. S. representations against, 772–783
- Taxes: On income of manufacturers shipping into Mexico, 775; on oil production, 539, 540
- U. S. silver purchases, 663, 730, 735
- Monroe Doctrine, 40
- Most-favored-nation principle. See
Argentina; Chile; Dominican Republic; Ecuador; Haiti; Honduras; Peru; Uruguay: Exchange restrictions, etc.,
and
Trade agreement with United States, etc.; Venezuela.
- National City Bank of New York (see also
Haiti: Franco-Haitian
commercial agreement: Provisions regarding
French gold loan of 1910
), 575n
, 578, 580, 586, 812, 813, 818
- Neutral consultation. See under
Conference of American States: Discussions.
- Nicaragua (see also
Honduras-Nicaragua boundary dispute), 784–809
- Agreement with United States signed Apr. 14
providing for adjustment of certain accounts of indebtedness and
claim for refund of income taxes, citation to text, 809
- American aid in canalizing San Juan River, Nicaraguan proposal
for, 796, 798, 805, 807, 808; U.
S. attitude, 797, 802, 804, 806, 807–809
- Bryan-Chamorro treaty (1914) relative to an
inter-oceanic canal, discussions in connection with. See
Inter-oceanic canal, infra.
- Inter-oceanic canal, proposed amendment to
Nicaraguan constitution authorizing treaty for: Neighboring states,
question of attitude, 797, 798, 799,
800; Nicaraguan position, 796, 797–799, 800–802, 803–804, 804–805, 806; U.
S. attitude, 796–797, 799, 800, 803,
804, 806, 807
- Trade agreement with United States, exchange of notes signed Feb. 8 modifying reciprocal trade agreement
of Mar. 11, 1936, 784–795
- Ninth International Conference of American States, proposed sites, 83, 84
- Panama, 810–830
- Legislation requiring purchase of government bonds by foreign
banking and other institutions, and U. S. representations with
regard to, 810–821
- Canal Zone, question of jurisdiction relating to, 812, 816–817, 818
- Panama Railroad Co., applicability to, 816, 817, 818
- Provisions, 810; amended
provisions, 811–812
- Substitute bill repealing, 820–821
- U. S. banks affected, 812,
813, 814–815, 818
- U. S. representations against, 811, 814–815, 816–817; Panamanian
response, 817–818
- Sale of land on Pinas Bay to German interests,
efforts of the United States to prevent, 821–830
- Treaties and agreements with United States: Convention of Nov. 18, 1903, 816, 817, 818, 819;
general treaty of Mar. 2, 1936 (unperfected),
811, 819, 820, 827, 828
- Panama Railroad Co., 816, 817, 818
- Pan American League of Nations. See under
Conference of American States: Discussions.
- Pan American Union, 55–57, 78–79,
185, 192–193
- Peace machinery, coordination of. See under
Conference of American States: Discussions.
- Permanent Court of International Justice (see also
Chaco dispute: World
Court), 60, 217–223, 659, 698
- Peru (see also
Chaco dispute
and
Ecuador-Peru boundary dispute), 831–894
- Bond payments, good offices of State Department to
secure resumption of:
- Discontinuance of service, 875, 877, 879, 880; public works expenditures as justification
for, 877, 879, 880
- Discrimination against American bondholders, 887–888
- Foreign Bondholders Protective Council, activities of,
874–875, 882, 883, 884, 885, 886, 887
- Foreign commercial debts, opposition to payment of, 882
- General Advisory Committee of Peruvian Bondholders, 882, 883, 885–886
- Settlement, proposals for, 881–885, 885–886; to British owners, 887
- Trade agreement with United States, preliminary
discussions, 831–874
- Concessions on commodities proposed, 833–834, 836–837, 841–842, 850, 851, 852, 872, 873; cotton,
845; silver, 845, 848; sugar, 836, 845, 852–853, 856, 862, 864, 865, 868, 869–870, 871–872; wheat, 869, 870
- Discrimination against imports from the United States,
837, 838, 840–841, 857
- Draft note, U. S. stipulations, 848–851
- Economic Advisory Committee, activities relating to, 853–854, 856, 860–861, 870–871
- Great Britain, trade agreement with, relation to, 836, 839, 842, 859
-
Modus vivendi of 1932, 843–844
- Most-favored-nation principle, as basis for, 833, 834, 835–836, 838, 839, 840, 842, 843, 845, 848, 856–870
passim, 871, 872, 873
- “Standard” general provisions of reciprocal trade
agreements, as basis for, 834–835, 846, 846n
–847n
, 847, 860, 865
- Taxes, internal, question of, 834, 842–843, 850
- Trade relations with—
- Bolivia, relation to, 855, 858, 860, 862, 867, 868, 871
- Chile, relation to, 833, 836, 839, 840, 843–844, 845, 852, 853, 855, 862, 864, 867, 868–869, 871
- U. S. naval officers to serve as advisers to
Peruvian Navy, engagement of, 888–894
- Petroleum. See
Ecuador; Mexico: Expropriation of oil properties, etc.
- Puerto Rico, 504, 507–508
- Revenue Acts of 1932 and 1938, 530–531 Rights and duties of states, convention of Montevideo (1933), 59, 549n
, 682, 692; additional
protocol (1936), 549n
- Roosevelt, Franklin D, (President):
- Aggressor, proposal on definition of, 59
- Buenos Aires Conference (1936), presence
at, 79
- Chaco Peace Conference, support of, 126–129
- Colombian citizenship proposed for, 41–42, 464; testimonial by Colombian Senate, 41, 465
- Continental solidarity. See
Conference of American States: Discussions, Defense.
- Good neighbor policy, statements, 54,
677
- Nazi activities in Brazil, exchange of messages with Brazilian
President Vargas, 409, 410, 414,
415
- Roosevelt, James, 493–494
- Securities and Exchange Commission, 487–488, 815
- South American Development Co. See
Ecuador: U. S. protection of
American business interests.
- Spain, 82–83
- Standard Oil Co. See
Bolivia.
- Sugar Act of Sept. 1, 1937, cited, 507
- Swan Islands, sovereignty of, 650–655
- Tariff Act of 1930, 445–446, 507–508, 530, 531
- Taxes. See
Ecuador: Discrimination
and
Taxation; Haiti: Coffee; Peru: Trade agreement: Taxes.
- Trade Agreements Act (1934), 440, 446, 455, 456, 506, 837–838
- Trade agreements between United States and other countries:
- Conclusion of agreements with—
- Discussions and negotiations with—
- Argentina, 272–313
- Chile, 431–461
- Cuba, supplemental agreement, 472–474, 483, 484, 485
- Dominican Republic, 503–508
- Peru, 831–874
- Uruguay, 895–923
- Venezuela, 956–982
- Treaties, conventions, etc. (see also
Trade agreements, etc.):
- Artistic and scientific institutions and historic monuments,
treaty on protection of (1935), cited, 23–24
- Bryan-Chamorro treaty (1914), 796–807
- Chaco Peace treaty. See
Chaco dispute: Peace
treaty.
- Chilean-Argentine commercial treaty (1881),
cited, 212
- Clayton-Bulwer treaty (1850), 204–205, 207, 208,
653
- Commercial aviation convention of Havana (1928), 70
- Convention on Rights and Duties of States (1933), 59, 549n
, 682, 692;
additional protocol relative to nonintervention (1936), 549n
- Convention to Coordinate, Extend and Assure Fulfillment of
Existing Treaties between American States (1936), 59
- Dallas-Clarendon treaty (1856), 206–208
- Declaration of Lima, Dec. 24 See under
Conference of American States.
- General Claims convention, U. S.-Mexico (1923), 665, 668, 669,
672; protocol (1934), 665, 672, 682
- Geneva convention of July 27, 1929, cited,
24–25
- German-Honduran commercial treaty, 656
- Gondra treaty (1923), 33, 34, 35, 178, 193, 197,
234, 671, 695, 702, 715, 718
- Hague Conventions of 1899 and 1907, 21–23, 25–26
- Honduras-Great Britain, Wyke-Cruz treaties (1859), 653
- Inter-American Conciliation and Arbitration (1929), 34, 34n
, 178, 179, 197, 671n
, 678,
683, 684, 689–691, 696
- Inter-American Solidarity, Declaration of 1936, 702
- Kellogg-Briand Pact (1928), 32, 34
- Saavedra Lamas treaty (Anti-war treaty, 1933), 59, 61
- U. S.-Argentina, unperfected sanitary convention (1935), 445
- U. S.-Colombia, agreements providing for military aviation mission
and for naval mission, Nov. 23, citations to
texts, 466
- U. S.-Dominican Republic. See
Dominican Republic: Convention.
- U. S.-Finland, treaty of friendship, commerce and consular rights
(1934), 434
- U. S.-Great Britain: Clayton-Bulwer treaty (1850), 204–205, 207,
208, 653; Dallas-Clarendon treaty (1856),
206–208
- U. S.-Haiti. See
Haiti: Agreements.
- U. S.-Mexico, general claims convention of 1923, and protocol of 1934, 665, 668,
669, 672, 682
- U. S.-Nicaragua. See
Nicaragua: Agreement and Inter-oceanic
canal.
- U. S.-Panama. See
Panama: Treaties.
- United Kingdom: Dispute with Guatemala over boundary of British Honduras,
202–209; trade
relations with Peru and with Uruguay, 836, 839, 842, 859, 927
- Uruguay (see also
Chaco dispute), 895–955
- Exchange restrictions, U. S. efforts to secure equitable treatment
for American interests with respect to, 923–955
- American Chamber of Commerce, activities of, 924, 925, 928, 931, 934, 939–940
- Bilateral trade policy, 936,
945, 949–950
- Discrimination against American trade, relation to, 941, 942, 943, 944, 945; import permits refused to U. S. firms, 929, 932, 936, 937, 940, 944; import
stoppage, 932–933; non-assignment of quotas,
effect on trade, 923–924, 929–930, 932, 945, 955; trade
balance with U. S., question of, 927, 930, 933, 934, 935, 937, 938, 940–941, 945, 946, 950
- Exchange control, information concerning, 952–954
- Most-favored-nation principle, relation to, 937, 945, 950
- Resumption of importations from United States, 934, 935, 940, 943, 944
- Trade agreement with United States, proposed, relation to,
897, 905, 910, 911–912, 918, 920–921, 923, 941, 948
- U. S. representations: Informal, 923–944
passim; formal, 944–949; Uruguayan
position, 949–951
- U.S. requests for exchange of information, 946–947, 949, 951–952
- Trade agreement with United States, preliminary discussions, 895–923
- Argentina, concurrent U. S. discussions in relation to,
898, 899–900, 909–910, 911, 922
- Bilateral policy as obstacle to, 897–898, 900, 916, 918, 919–921
- Concessions on commodities, proposed, 905, 908, 917–918
- Discrimination against American products, proposed removal
of (see also under
Exchange restrictions, supra), 898, 899, 900, 904, 914
- Most-favored-nation principle, as basis for (see also under
Exchange restrictions, supra), 895, 896–897, 898, 900, 905, 906, 908–909, 911
- Multilateral trade principle, as basis for, 897–898, 900, 916
- Press notices, 902–903
- Stabilization Fund, 920–921
- Uruguayan policy toward U. S. imports, 906–907; official summary, 919–921
- U. S. duties on Uruguayan commodities, 906, 907, 931–932
- U. S. proposals, 896–897, 911–913; Uruguayan
rejection, 915, 917
- U. S. military officers. See
Argentina: U. S. Army Air Corps
officers; Brazil: Agreement with United States
and
U. S. Army Air Corps officers; Colombia: Agreements with United
States; Haiti: Garde
d’Haiti: U. S. Army officers; Peru: U. S. naval officers.
- U. S. Treasury Department, interpretation of Revenue Act of 1932, 530–531; action on Mexican silver purchases, 735; negotiations with Brazil, 363–367, 371–373
- Venezuela, trade agreement with United States, negotiations
respecting, 956–982
- Concessions, 958–966, 980–981, 982;
petroleum products, question of inclusion, 956–958, 963–964, 968–969
-
Modus vivendi effected by exchange of
notes:
- Proposal by Venezuela, 966,
967, 969–970, 972–974, 979; U. S.
attitude, 970–971, 974–975, 976–978
- Provisions, 972–975, 978, 979
- Texts of notes signed Map 12, 978–979
- Most-favored-nation treatment, 966,
967, 968, 970, 971, 982
- Welles, Sumner, 2, 45–46
- World Court. See
Permanent Court of International Justice.