711.922/137: Telegram
The Minister in Siam (Neville) to the Secretary of State
[Received November 26—8:45 a.m.]
42. The Minister of Foreign Affairs asked me today whether the United States would be willing to renounce, by an exchange of notes, the right of evocation secured to the United States by articles 2 and 3 of the Protocol annexed to the Treaty of 1920, on the understanding that within 12 months from the date of the notes the Siamese Government would submit to the Assembly of the People’s Representatives an act on the conflict of laws embodying the normal principles of private international law, including especially the law of nationality in matters of personal status, and that pending the promulgation of [Page 889] such an act, the Siamese courts will continue to apply those principles in all cases concerning American citizens.
The British have already done this in an exchange of notes accompanying the new treaty, and the Foreign Minister said that the Siamese Government would greatly appreciate similar action by the United States as soon as possible before the Assembly meets on December 10. The exchange of notes would be effective immediately.