711.252/58: Telegram

The Ambassador in Chile ( Culbertson ) to the Secretary of State

119. Minister for Foreign Affairs today handed me draft of note which he proposes as his reply to note from me of like tenor. Translation follows:

[Here follows the text of the note, which, except for minor changes in wording, is the same as the Foreign Minister’s note of September 28, printed on page 927.]

Unless I receive instructions to the contrary I will exchange notes in these terms with the Minister for Foreign Affairs at 4 p.m., Monday 28th.

The Department will notice that this note secures for the commerce of the United States not only the French rates effective from May 22nd but also a general guarantee of most-favored-nation treatment. Furthermore without committing our Government in advance to any special provisions it leaves the door open for early negotiations of a general commercial treaty.

Culbertson