Papers relating to the foreign relations of the United States, 1929, Volume II

711.60i12A/13: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Minister at Riga (Coleman)¹³

[Paraphrase]

Washington, January 30, 1929—3 p.m.

5. Your despatch No. 5805 and enclosed note regarding arbitration treaty.

1. This Government is entirely willing to construe article I so as not to require that cases be referred to the Hague Permanent Court of Arbitration as long as Estonia does not become a party to the convention by which that Court is established.

2. The Department does not understand that the Estonian Government asks that the text of the article be changed.

Kellogg

13. The position of the Department as set forth in this telegram was communicated to the Estonian Minister for Foreign Affairs in a note from the American Minister, dated March 27, 1929; not printed (711.60i12A/16).