800.85/12–944: Telegram
The Ambassador in the United Kingdom (Winant) to the Secretary of State
[Received December 9—11:58 p.m.]
10946. To the Department and Land, WSA, for Morse from Reed and Allison. Foreign Office has advised that Australia has indicated [Page 734] her desire to accede to Agreement on Principles by a note which states they have also notified United States Government29 they make no reservations according to UMEB paper l.30 If you agree we propose to notify other contracting governments by letters signed by Weston and Brown that Australia is acceding without reservation. Embassy will cable separately on form of notification to Australia that her accession is accepted.31 [Reed and Allison.]
- By note dated December 16, 1944, the Australian Legation confirmed an informal notification made to the Department by telephone on November 28.↩
- Not printed; it contained the formal procedure for accession of other governments given in the second paragraph of the note of December 13 to the Brazilian Embassy, infra.↩
- Telegram 10415, December 14, to London, stated that the Department and WSA agreed to proposal and assumed that in due course formal protocol of accession would be executed (103.9164 London).↩