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The Minister in Canada (Phillips) to the Secretary of State
Ottawa, July 13,
1927.
[Received July 19.]
No. 15Sir: Confirming my telegram No. 9, of July 12,
10 p.m.,20 I have the
honor to transmit herewith as a matter of record a copy of Mr. Mackenzie
King’s note on the St. Lawrence waterway, dated July 12, 1927, in reply
to your note to the Canadian Minister at Washington of April 13, 1927.
There is likewise enclosed a copy of a personal letter from Mr.
Mackenzie King20 on the
subject of the publication of the two notes.
I have [etc.]
[Enclosure]
The Prime Minister of Canada (Mackenzie King)
to the American Minister (Phillips)
Sir: The Government of Canada has received
and considered carefully the note of the Secretary of State of the
United States to the Canadian Minister at Washington of April 13th,
1927, on the St. Lawrence Waterway.
It shares the appreciation felt by the Government of the United
States of the importance of the problem of the development of the
St. Lawrence and of the aid in the solution of the engineering
aspects of this problem afforded by the reports of the International
Joint Commission and of the Joint Board of Engineers appointed by
the two Governments in 1925.
The report of the Joint Board of Engineers signed on November 16th,
1926, while unanimous in many respects, indicated differences
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of opinion on important
phases of the development proposed. It is understood that in the
appendices to the report, which are in preparation, certain further
alternative schemes will be presented which will be of essential
value in arriving at a conclusion.
The National Advisory Committee appointed by the Government of Canada
to report on the economic and general aspects of the St. Lawrence
Waterway question will not be in a position to make a final report
until all the findings of the Joint Engineering Board, including the
appendices, are available. Upon receipt of the report of the
National Advisory Committee and upon consideration of the other
factors involved, the Government of Canada will be able to determine
its policy on the question, and will then have pleasure in
discussing further with the Government of the United States at as
early a date as possible the whole situation, including the
proposals contained in the present note of the Secretary of
State.
Accept [etc.]
