711.428/574

The Under Secretary of State ( Polk ) to the British Chargé ( Lindsay )

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your note of March 9, 1920, with reference to the proposed amendment of Article II of the Sockeye Salmon Treaty. My Government now proposes to amend the second sentence of Article II to read as follows:

“Each of the High Contracting Parties may, by appropriate legislation, when and so long as the other High Contracting Party enacts and enforces reciprocal legislation, provide for the trial, conviction and punishment within its jurisdiction of any person found there who has contravened any of the provisions of this convention, and/or said regulations within the jurisdiction of the other High Contracting Party, and who has not been subjected to trial for such offense, [Page 388] resulting in conviction, acquittal, or other judicial determination of the case, within the latter jurisdiction.”

I should be glad to receive, at your convenience, an expression of views from your Government regarding the proposed amendment.

Accept [etc.]

For the Undersecretary of State:
Breckinridge Long