File No. 711.5712/17
The Secretary of State to the Norwegian Minister ( Bryn)
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of the 7th instant by which you inform me that you have been authorized to negotiate with me an agreement extending for a further period of five years, the arbitration convention between the United States and Norway signed on April 4, 1908, and extended until June 24, 1913, by an agreement between the two countries signed June 16, 1913.
The draft of the proposed agreement has been found entirely acceptable to this Government, and I shall be happy to sign the protocol with you at 11.30 o’clock Tuesday morning, March 26, if it shall be convenient for you to call at the Department at that time for the purpose.
Accept [etc.]