561.35E1/729: Telegram
The Minister in the Netherlands ( Gordon ) to the Secretary of State
[Received September 21—4:25 p.m.]
185. With reference to the President’s proclamation suspending marketing quotas on sugar97 as reported in Radio Bulletin No. 215, Dr. Hart98 asked me today whether even if we had had to take such a measure we would be disposed to make a public announcement that this does not mean that we wish to withdraw from the International Sugar Agreement99 or to see its operation suspended. While Hart put the query informally he said he would put it formally through the Foreign Office if necessary so the query may forthwith be considered as official in its nature. If we were disposed to make an announcement or statement of this nature the Dutch would desire to use it to allay uneasiness which Hart says subsists to a considerable degree with respect to the continued existence of the sugar agreement.
- Proclamation of September 11, 1939; 54 Stat. 2654. However, by Proclamation of December 26, 1939, this suspension of marketing quotas was removed; 54 Stat 2676.↩
- Netherlands representative on the International Sugar Council.↩
- Signed May 6, 1937; 59 Stat. 922, or Department of State Treaty Series No. 990.↩