500.A4a/59b
The Secretary of
State to Mr. Balfour,
of the British Delegation
Washington, January 3,
1922.
My Dear Mr. Balfour: I enclose a copy of
the draft of the proposed identic note left with me by Mr. van
Karnebeek.
Sincerely yours,
[Enclosure]
Draft of a Proposed Identic Note to the
Netherland Government
The United States of America have concluded on … 1921 with the
British Empire, France and Japan a treaty with a view to the
preservation of the general peace and the maintenance of their
rights in relation to their insular possessions and insular
dominions in the region of the Pacific Ocean. They have agreed
thereby as between themselves to respect their rights in
relation to these possessions and dominions.
The Netherlands not being a signatory to the said treaty and the
Netherlands possessions in the region of the Pacific Ocean
therefore not being included in the agreement referred to, the
Government of the United States of America, anxious to forestall
any conclusion contrary to the spirit of the treaty, desires to
declare that it is firmly resolved to respect the rights of the
Netherlands in relation to their insular possessions in the
region of the Pacific Ocean.
