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The Secretary of State to the British Ambassador (Lindsay)
The Secretary of State presents his compliments to His Excellency the British Ambassador and refers to the British Embassy’s aide-Mémoire of March 31, 1939 with regard to the draft exchange of notes defining future administration of Canton and Enderbury Islands.
This Government accepts the verbal amendments proposed by the British Government and proposes that the exchange of notes take place on Thursday, April 6, and that the notes be released for publication on Saturday, April 8, 1939.
When the time comes for a British company to make use of the facilities established on Canton Island by an American company or companies satisfactory to the United States Government, in pursuance of paragraph VI of the proposed exchange of notes, this Government will be glad to transmit a request for this purpose to such company or companies.