54 STAT.] GREAT BRITAIN-RECIPROCAL TRADE--NOV. 17, 1938 to the granting of preferential tariff treatment to particular articles of Palestine or Trans-Jordan origin. I have taken note with pleasure of Your Excellency's communi- cation in the above sense. I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, Sir, Your Excellency's most obedient, humble servant, R. C . LINDSAY The Honourable CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State of the United States, Washington, D. C. The British Ambassador (Lindsay) to the Secretary of State (Hull) BRITISH EMBASSY, Washington, D. C ., November 17th, 1938. YOUR EXCELLENCY, I have the honour to refer to Article XI and Schedule III of the Trade Agreement signed this day, relative to the tariff concessions to be accorded to the United States of America by the territories listed in that Schedule; and, in order that the position regarding trade and commerce between the United States of America and certain terri- tories under His Majesty's sovereignty, suzerainty, protection or mandate may be made clear, I have the honour to invite attention to the fact that the United States of America have, by virtue of various conventions and treaties, for many years enjoyed equality of tariff treatment with all other countries, including the United Kingdom, in the following territories among others: Kenya Uganda Zanzibar Nyasaland Tanganyika Territory The Cameroons under British Mandate Togoland under British Mandate Palestine and Trans-Jordan. The United States of America have for many years also enjoyed equality of tariff treatment with the United Kingdom and other countries in Aden, Gibraltar, the Straits Settlements and Hong Kong, with the exception that in Gibraltar, the Straits Settlements and Hong Kong preferential tariff treatment is given to tobacco, liquors and wines and spirits. I am instructed to inform you that there is no present intention to extend preferential tariff treatment to additional products in these territories. Imports from the United States of America into the territories mentioned in the above two paragraphs have amounted in recent years to more than a quarter of the total import trade of the United States of America into the colonies and into territories under His Majesty's suzerainty, protection or mandate. I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, Sir, Your Excellency's most obedient, humble servant, R. C. LINDSAY The Honourable CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State of the United States, Washington, D. C . 1991 Ante, pp . 1902,1924. 193470--41-PT . --- 48
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