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The Secretary of State to the Norwegian Minister (Bachke)
The Secretary of State presents his compliments to the Minister of Norway and has the honor to inform him that consideration has been given to the inquiry made by the Minister on the occasion of his call at the Department April 26, 1928, whether the United States would be willing to substitute in Article VIII of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Consular Rights under negotiation between the two Governments the expression “goods, products and merchandise” or the expression “goods, products, wares and merchandise” in place of the single word “merchandise”.
The Secretary of State has the honor to inform the Minister that either of the two suggestions made in the Minister’s inquiry is acceptable to this Government.