711.5221/41
The Secretary of State to the Spanish Ambassador (Riaño)
Excellency: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of September 18, 1924, in which you state that you have received instructions from your Government to negotiate in its name with the Government of the United States two separate conventions, one concerning labor accidents and the other regarding the intervention of consuls in the settlement of estates of deceased nationals.
While as stated in my note to you of June 13, 1924, this Government would be glad to negotiate with your Government on the subjects mentioned and to examine the treaty provisions which you brought to my attention with your note of March 15, 1924, it would prefer, as was also stated in my note of June 13, to consider those subjects in connection with the proposals for a treaty of friendship and commerce made at Madrid in June, 1923.
Before giving further consideration to the proposal to negotiate separate conventions regarding labor accidents and the intervention of consuls in the settlement of estates, I shall be pleased to be informed of your Government’s intention with respect to the negotiation of a treaty of commerce along the lines proposed at Madrid in 1923.
Accept [etc.]