L/T Files
1Draft of Note to the Secretary-General of the United Nations2
Excellency: I have the honor to refer to Section 28 of the Agreement [Page 64] between the United Nations and the United States of America regarding the Headquarters of the United Nations, signed at Lake Success June 26, 1947, which provides for bringing that Agreement into effect by an exchange of notes. Reference is made also to the provisions of United States Public Law 357, 80th Congress, entitled “Joint Resolution Authorizing the President to bring into effect an agreement between the United States and the United Nations for the purpose of establishing the permanent headquarters of the United Nations in the United States and authorizing the taking of measures necessary to facilitate compliance with the provisions of such agreement, and for other purposes”, which was approved by the President of the United States of America on August 4, 1947.
Pursuant to instructions from my Government, I have the honor to inform you that the Government of the United States of America is prepared to apply the above-mentioned Headquarters Agreement subjest to the provisions of Public Law 357.
I have been instructed by my Government to propose that the present note and your reply note concurring therein be considered as bringing the Headquarters Agreement into effect on the date of your note.
- In folder entitled “United Nations Headquarters Lake Success June 26, 1947 Folder No. 1.”↩
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A chit over this draft, dated October 16, from Bryton Barron, Chief of the Treaty Branch, Office of the Legal Adviser, to Carl Marcy with the United States Delegation at New York, read:
↩“Pursuant to your telephone request of today, there is attached a draft of a note which we believe should be followed literally in informing the Secretary-General of the United Nations of the readiness of the Government of the United States of America to bring the Headquarters Agreement into force.”