360D.115/3–2645: Telegram
The Secretary of State to the United States Representative in Finland (Hamilton)
Washington, April 3,
1945—11 a.m.
51. Department’s general position is that in matters to which you refer, your 129, March 26, American nationals are entitled by treaty37 to treatment no less favorable than that accorded nationals of the most-favored-nation. They are also entitled under the treaty to just compensation for any property that has been or may be taken.
Any statement left with the Foreign Office should be along these lines.38
Stetttnius
- The treaty of friendship, commerce and consular rights between Finland and the United States, signed at Washington February 13, 1934, and effective August 10, 1934; for text, see Department of State Treaty Series No. 868, or 49 Stat. (pt. 2) 2659. With regard to the negotiation of this treaty, see Foreign Relations, 1934, vol. ii, pp. 134 ff.↩
- In despatch 20, April 17, 1945, from Helsinki, the United States Representative informed the Department that he had left a memorandum at the Finnish Foreign Office setting forth this position (360D.115/4–1745).↩