573 A 1/8
The Ambassador in Great Britain (Harvey) to the Secretary of
State
London, May 18,
1922.
[Received June 1.]
No. 1315
Sir: With reference to the Department’s
telegraphic instruction No. 135, of March 9, 4 p.m., 1921, relative to
the agreement negotiated, ad referendum, at the
International Communications Conference at Washington, for the provision
of reciprocal facilities for the landing of cables for relay purposes, I
have the honor to enclose herewith a copy of a note, dated May 16, 1922,
transmitting the reply of the Foreign Office to this Embassy’s
representations in regard to this matter.
I have [etc.]
For the Ambassador:
Post
Wheeler
Counselor of
Embassy[Enclosure]
The British Secretary of State for Foreign
Affairs (Curzon) to the Ambassador
in Great Britain (Harvey)
[London,] May 16,
1922.
No. A 3166/248/45
Your Excellency: I have the honour to refer
to Mr. Butler Wright’s note of the 10th. March, 1921,75 with regard to the agreement negotiated, ad referendum, at the International
Communications Conference at Washington, for the provision of
reciprocal facilities for the landing of cables for relay
purposes.
2. I have the honour to inform Your Excellency that the proposed
agreement has been carefully considered by His Majesty’s Government
and by the governments of the Dominions, but that it is not proposed
to proceed to its ratification. I should, however, add that requests
for permission to land cables on British territories will in future,
as in the past, be considered on their merits, and His Majesty’s
Government trust that the practical results hoped for as a result of
the proposed agreement will in fact be secured, as far as British
territories are concerned, by the continuance of the practice under
which His Majesty’s Government have hitherto given all possible
facilities for the development of international communications.
I have [etc.]
(In the absence of the Secretary of State)
R. Sperling
