500.A15A5/957

The Secretary of State to the British Ambassador (Lothian)

Excellency: Referring to my note of September 11, 193926 advising you of the text of a notification given on September 3, 1939 to the [Page 559] American Ambassador at London of the suspension of the London Naval Treaty of 1936, in respect of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, I have now the honor to inform you that the American Ambassador at London reported by cable on September 6, 193927 that he had received that day an identical note from the Foreign Office notifying suspension of the Treaty, in respect of the Government of India, and reported by cable on September 11, 193928 that he had received that day an identical note from the Foreign Office notifying suspension of the Treaty, in respect of the Governments of Australia and New Zealand.

The Government of the United States has taken due note of the foregoing notifications.

Accept [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:
R. Walton Moore
  1. Not printed.
  2. Telegram No. 1491, not printed.
  3. Telegram No. 1574, not printed.