800.51W89 Latvia/130
The Acting Secretary of State to the Latvian Consul General at New York (Lule)
Sir: The President directs me to acknowledge the receipt of your note of June 15, in which you set forth the decision of the Latvian Government to pay the Government of the United States the sum of $6,000, an amount which you point out represents approximately five per cent of the interest payment due on June 15, as a payment on account and as an acknowledgment by the Latvian Government of the debt due the United States.
In accordance with your request, the representations of the Government of Latvia with regard to the entire debt question between our two countries will be gladly heard at a date to be agreed upon between us.
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