Office of the Historian
No. 645.

Mr. Frelinghuysen to Mr. Wallace.

Department of State,
Washington, February 27, 1885.
No. 268.]

Sir: I have to acknowledge the receipt of your No. 466, of the 24th ultimo, reporting conversations with the minister of foreign affairs and the grand vizier respecting the proposed new treaty of commerce between Turkey and the United States.

This Government is as much interested as Turkey in removing all causes of misapprehension, and if it will benefit our pending reclamations you may assure the Porte of the good disposition of this Government.

Further report will, however, be awaited before definitely instructing you to make a new tariff and treaty.

I am, &c.,

FRED’K T. FRELINGHUYSEN.