611.62M31/81
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Bingham) to the Secretary of State
[Received August 24.]
Sir: I have the honor to refer to the Department’s instruction No. 506 of August 3, 1934, and to previous correspondence dealing with the action of New Zealand in denying to American commerce in the New [Page 1006] Zealand mandate of Western Samoa “privileges and conditions equal to those enjoyed by the Sovereign Power”, as required by Article III of the Convention of December 2, 1899, between the United States, Great Britain and Germany. A third person note in the sense of the Department’s instruction was delivered yesterday to the Foreign Office, and at the same time a representative of the Embassy endeavored to make clear orally that the United States Government was now in a position to meet the views of New Zealand with respect to the point at issue. The Foreign Office has promised to expedite action on the part of the New Zealand Government with as much expedition as possible.
Respectfully yours,
Counselor of Embassy