Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1924, Volume I

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The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Naval Affairs (Butler) to the Secretary of State

Washington, December 30, 1924

Dear Mr. Secretary: I have the honor to transmit herewith on behalf of the Committee on Naval Affairs of the House of Representatives (H. Res. 387) requesting certain information, and to request that same be furnished if not incompatible with the public interest.

Believe me [etc.]

Thomas S. Butler

[Enclosure]

Resolution 387 of the House of Representatives, December 20, 1924

Resolved, That the Secretary of State be, and he is hereby, authorized and directed, if not incompatible with the public interest, to furnish to the House of Representatives at the earliest date possible such data, information, or objections which he may have from any foreign government in connection with the modernization of certain capital ships of the United States Navy by increasing the elevation and range of turret guns.