Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1923, Volume II

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Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1923, Volume II

Editor:

Joseph V. Fuller

General Editor:

Tyler Dennett

United States Government Printing Office

Washington

1938

List of Papers
France: (Documents 1–22)
- Resumption of negotiations to ensure by treaty the rights of the United States in Syria and the Lebanon (Documents 1–6)
- Conventions between the United States and France relating to American rights in Togoland and the Cameroons, signed February 13, 1923 (Documents 7–8)
- Agreement between the United States and France, signed July 19, 1923, further extending the duration of the arbitration convention of February 10, 1908 (Documents 9–15)
- Protest by the United States against the grant of exclusive privileges to French archeologists for research in Albania and Afghanistan (Documents 16–22)
Germany: (Documents 23–143)
- Treaty between the United States and Germany, signed December 8, 1923, regarding friendship, commerce, and consular rights (Documents 23–28)
- Efforts of the United States to assist in the solution of the problems of German reparations (Documents 29–78)
- Agreement between the United States and the Governments of Great Britain, France, Italy, and Belgium in regard to the reimbursement of the costs of the American Army of Occupation, signed May 25, 1923 (Documents 79–122)
- Withdrawal of the American Army of Occupation and of the Unofficial Observer on the Interallied Rhineland High Commission (Documents 123–126)
- Objections by the United States to discriminatory regulations on exports from the occupied region of the Ruhr (Documents 127–139)
- Consideration of the disposal to be made of the tank ships of the Deutsch-Amerikanische Petroleum Gesellschaft under the arrangement of June 7, 1920 (Documents 140–143)
Great Britain: (Documents 144–213)
- Efforts to maintain American capitulatory rights in Palestine pending agreement by treaty regarding the British mandate (Documents 144–151)
- Negotiations to ensure by treaty the rights of the United States in territories under British mandate (Documents 152–155)
  - B mandates (Documents 152–153)
  - C mandates (Documents 154–155)
- Decision by the Department of State to support the Turkish Petroleum Company’s new concession in Iraq (Mesopotamia) providing for American participation and the open door (Documents 156–165)
- Discrimination in India against American oil companies (Documents 166–167)
- Withdrawal of British opposition to the granting of Portuguese concessions to American companies for landing submarine cables in the Azores (Documents 168–197)
- Dispute with the British Government over withdrawal of recognition of the American consular officers at Newcastle-on-Tyne (Documents 198–210)
- Agreement between the United States and Great Britain, signed June 23, 1923, further extending the duration of the arbitration convention of April 4, 1908 (Documents 211–213)
Greece: (Documents 214–276)
- Withdrawal of American relief organizations from operations in behalf of Greek refugees, and formation of the Refugee Settlement Commission under the auspices of the League of Nations (Documents 214–276)
Guatemala: (Documents 277–281)
- Disapproval by the Department of State of a proposed loan to Guatemala by a group of American bankers (Documents 277–281)
- Boundary dispute with Honduras.
Haiti: (Documents 282–330)
- Exchange of notes between the United States and Haiti providing for the administration of the internal revenues of Haiti (Documents 282–295)
- Organization of the Haitian Claims Commission (Documents 296–318)
- Rejection of the demand of French bondholders for the redemption in gold of the Haitian loan of 1910 (Documents 319–323)
- Reorganization of the National Railroad of Haiti (Documents 324–330)
- Boundary dispute with the Dominican Republic.
Honduras: (Documents 331–379)
- Efforts by the United States to allay factional dissensions among candidates for the Presidency in Honduras (Documents 331–379)
- Boundary dispute with Guatemala.
- Boundary dispute with Nicaragua.
Hungary: (Documents 380–383)
- Reservation by the United States of its rights in reparation payments by Hungary (Documents 380–383)
Japan: (Documents 384–466)
- Cancelation of the Lansing-Ishii Agreement of November 2, 1917 (Documents 384–389)
- Court decisions in the United States upon the constitutionality of the land laws of the States of California and Washington (Documents 390–394)
- American assistance to the Japanese following the earthquake of September 1, 1923 (Documents 395–454)
- Unfavorable attitude of the Department of State toward American loans to foreign enterprises competing with American enterprises in third countries (Documents 455–463)
- Agreement between the United States and Japan, signed August 23, 1923, further extending the duration of the arbitration convention of May 5, 1908 (Documents 464–466)
Latvia: (Document 467)
- Extradition treaty between the United States and Latvia, signed October 16, 1923 (Document 467)
Luxemburg: (Documents 468–470)
- Accrediting of the American Ambassador to Belgium as representative of the United States near the Grand Ducal Government (Documents 468–470)
Mexico: (Documents 471–510)
- Recognition of the Government of General Obregón by the United States and the resumption of diplomatic relations (Documents 471–494)
- Sale of war material to the Government of Mexico (Documents 495–502)
- Authorized statement by the Federal District Attorney in Boston that the United States had not ceased to recognize Mexico as an “international person” (Documents 503–506)
- Suit by the Oliver American Trading Company against the Government of Mexico in the United States District Court for Southern New York (Documents 507–510)
Morocco: (Documents 511–546)
- Discussion of the future status of Tangier (Documents 511–524)
- Consent by the United States to the payment of consumption taxes by American citizens and protégés in the Spanish and French zones (Documents 525–540)
- Interference by the French Residency General with the certification of American protégés (Documents 541–546)
Nicaragua: (Documents 547–557)
- American assistance in the revision and administration of the electoral laws of Nicaragua (Documents 547–554)
- Question of the status of Great Corn and Little Corn Islands (Documents 555–557)
- Boundary dispute with Honduras.
Norway: (Documents 558–572)
- Payment by the United States of the award to Norway rendered by the Arbitration Tribunal set up under the special agreement of June 30, 1921 (Documents 558–561)
- Agreement between the United States and Norway, signed November 26, 1923, further extending the duration of the arbitration convention of April 4, 1908 (Documents 562–564)
- Statement by Norway of Its paramount interest in the Island of Jan Mayen in the Arctic Ocean (Documents 565–569)
- Arrangement between the United States and Norway for reciprocal exemption from income tax on shipping (Documents 570–572)
Panama: (Documents 573–603)
- Announcement by the United States of intention to abrogate the Taft Agreement (Documents 573–581)
- Loan of $4,500,000 to Panama by American bankers (Documents 582–592)
- Objections by Panama to the continued control of its wireless communications by the United States (Documents 593–600)
- Refusal by the United States to surrender to Panama fugitives escaping into the Canal Zone from the justice of a third government (Documents 601–603)
- Boundary dispute with Colombia.
Persia: (Documents 604–614)
- Grant of an oil concession in northern Persia to the Sinclair Exploration Company, subject to confirmation by the Persian Mejliss (Documents 604–614)
Peru:
- Boundary dispute with Colombia.
- The Tacna-Arica question.
- Convention and protocol between the United States and Peru facilitating the work of traveling salesmen, signed January 19, 1923.
Poland: (Documents 615–627)
- Efforts by the United States to prevent discrimination in Poland against the United States Lines in the transportation of emigrants to America (Documents 615–627)
Portugal: (Documents 628–630)
- Agreement between the United States and Portugal, signed September 5, 1923, further extending the duration of the arbitration convention of April 6, 1908 (Documents 628–630)
Russia: (Documents 631–676)
- Continued refusal by the United States to recognize the Soviet regime in Russia (Documents 631–638)
- Closing of the American consulate at Vladivostok (Documents 639–648)
- Refusal by the Department of State to make special representations to the Japanese Government on behalf of American oil companies with interests in Russian Sakhalin (Documents 649–662)
- Pledge given to the Department of State by an American oil concessionaire in Russia not to infringe upon the existing rights of Americans or other foreigners in Russia (Documents 663–666)
- Displeasure expressed by the United States at sentences of death passed upon Roman Catholic clergy in Russia (Documents 667–676)
Salvador: (Documents 677–686)
- Statement of the limited responsibility of the Department of State under the loan contract of June 24, 1922 (Documents 677–686)
Spain: (Documents 687–717)
- Failure to conclude a treaty of friendship and commerce between the United States and Spain—Agreement to prorogue the commercial agreement of 1906 to May 5, 1924 (Documents 687–717)
Sweden: (Documents 718–722)
- Arrangement between the United States and Sweden for reciprocal exemption from income tax on shipping (Documents 718–722)
Turkey: (Documents 723–1018)
- American participation in the Lausanne Conference on Near Eastern Affairs (Documents 723–881)
  - First phase (Documents 723–829)
  - Second phase (Documents 830–881)
- Negotiation and signing of a general treaty and an extradition treaty between the United States and Turkey (Documents 882–966)
- Exchange of letters between the United States and Turkey providing for the establishment of a joint committee to examine claims (Documents 967–983)
- Decision by the Department of State to postpone negotiations for a naturalization treaty with Turkey (Documents 984–990)
- Grant of a concession to the Ottoman-American Development Company (Chester project) and the failure of the company to obtain substantial financial backing (Documents 991–1018)
Venezuela: (Documents 1019–1025)
- Acquiescence by the United States in the ratification by Venezuela of the Spanish text only of the extradition treaty signed on January 19 and 21, 1922 (Documents 1019–1025)
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