Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1936, General, British Commonwealth, Volume I

Book Cover of Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1936, General, British Commonwealth, Volume I

Foreign Relations of the United States Diplomatic Papers, 1936, General, British Commonwealth, Volume I

Editors:

Matilda F. Axton
Rogers P. Churchill
N. O. Sappington
John G. Reid
Francis C. Prescott
Shirley L. Phillips

General Editor:

G. Bernard Noble
E. R. Perkins
Gustave A. Nuermberger

United States Government Printing Office

Washington

1953

Preface
List of Papers
General: (Documents 1–512)
- The Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments, Geneva: 1936 phase (Documents 1–14)
- London Naval Conference, 1935: Second phase, January 6–March 25, 1936 (Documents 15–94)
- Efforts to relate other powers to the London Naval Treaty of March 25, 1936, by accession or by separate bilateral treaties (Documents 95–116)
- Rejection by the United States of British proposal for renewal of article 19 of the Washington Naval Treaty, February 6, 1922 (Documents 117–120)
- Retention of naval tonnage by the United States, the United Kingdom, and Japan under articles 17 and 21 of the London Naval Treaty of 1930 (Documents 121–145)
- Signature of procès-verbal, November 6, 1936, relating to part IV (rules of submarine warfare), London Naval Treaty, signed April 22, 1930 (Documents 146–153)
- Views of the Department of State with respect to neutrality legislation (Documents 154–165)
- Analyses and reports by American diplomatic missions regarding European political developments affecting the preservation of peace (Documents 166–300)
- The German-Japanese Accord of November 25, 1936, against the Communist International (Documents 301–317)
- Negotiations for the suppression of liquor smuggling into the United States: (Documents 318–367)
  - Belgium (Documents 318–334)
  - Canada (Documents 335–337)
  - Cuba (Document 338)
  - France (Documents 339–348)
  - Mexico (Documents 349–350)
  - Netherlands (Documents 351–354)
  - Norway (Documents 355–367)
- Interest of the United States in the efforts of the League of Nations to promote international economic cooperation (Documents 368–405)
- Principles underlying the policy of the United States for restoration of international commerce and finance (Documents 406–412)
- Interest of the United States in liberalizing the policy of the International Rubber Committee with respect to the world supply of rubber (Documents 413–429)
- Preliminary discussions with respect to an international conference on production and marketing of sugar (Documents 430–439)
- Tripartite financial stabilization agreement by the United States, France, and the United Kingdom, set forth in simultaneous statements, September 25, 1936 (Documents 440–463)
- Status of intergovernmental debts owed the United States by reason of the First World War
- Position of the Department of State with respect to the treatment of foreign war debts (Documents 464–489)
  - France (Documents 468–476)
  - Italy (Documents 477–488)
  - Rumania (Document 489)
- Opposition of the Department of State to proposals to increase tariff rates on imports from countries in default on war-debt payments (Documents 490–491)
- Views of the Department of State on bill providing for acquisition of essential commodities by crediting purchases as payments on war debts and by other methods (Documents 492–493)
- Representations by foreign governments against proposed legislation restricting tourist cruises from American ports to American ships (Documents 494–503)
- Representations of certain foreign governments against proposed legislation providing for additional requirements with respect to radio facilities on cargo ships (Documents 504–511)
- Participation by the United States in the Conference for the Suppression of the Illicit Traffic in Dangerous Drugs, Geneva, June 8–26, 1936
- Participation by the United States in the international conference for the standardization of the keeping and operation of herdbooks, Rome, October 12–14, 1936 (Document 512)
- Extradition treaties signed between the United States and certain other countries
The British Commonwealth of Nations: (Documents 513–691)
- United Kingdom: (Documents 513–581)
- Australia: (Documents 582–624)
  - Unsatisfactory trade relations between the United States and Australia (Documents 582–616)
  - Informal arrangements between the United States and Australia respecting the importation of American aircraft and aircraft parts into Australia (Documents 617–624)
- Canada: (Documents 625–671)
  - Informal discussions between officials of the United States and Canada with respect to trade relations (Documents 625–626)
  - Convention between the United States and Canada respecting income taxation, signed December 30, 1936 (Documents 627–630)
  - Protests of the Canadian Government against certain provisions of the liquor tax bill; settlement of United States claims against Canadian distillers (Documents 631–657)
  - Negotiations respecting the revision of the convention for the preservation of the halibut fishery of the Northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea (Documents 658–663)
  - Proposed negotiation of a new treaty to deal with the Great Lakes–St. Lawrence Basin as a whole, including the Niagara Falls (Documents 664–671)
- Irish Free State: (Documents 672–673)
  - Disinclination of the United States to enter into a trade agreement with the Irish Free State (Documents 672–673)
- New Zealand: (Document 674)
  - Representations regarding discrimination against American commerce in the New Zealand Mandate of Western Samoa (Document 674)
- Union of South Africa: (Documents 675–691)
  - Efforts to meet complaints from South Africa that American import regulations unduly restricted South African exports to the United States (Documents 675–691)
Index