767.68119 F&M 1/13: Telegram
The Special Mission at Lausanne to the Secretary of State
203. The Allied members on the subcommittee on the judicial regime of foreigners held a special meeting yesterday afternoon to which Americans were invited. Drafts of a convention and of a declaration were submitted by the chairman. These represented the latest Allied proposal for a settlement of the problem of capitulations.
It is planned to have the convention between Turkey on the one part and the British Empire, France, Italy, Roumania and Yugoslavia on the other. No mention is made of the “Allied Powers”, the designation “contracting powers” being used throughout. Article 21 provides that nonsignatory powers may adhere to the convention through their diplomatic representatives in France.
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