September 8, 20, 1937, October 9, 1937 The Secretary of State (Hull) to the Minister of Canada (Marler) SIR: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, March 10, 1937. I have received your note of March 2, 1937, inquiring whether the Government of the United States would be agreeable to communicating with the Canadian Government in the future before issuing licenses for new stations or altering the assignment of frequencies of existing stations on channels now shared between the United States and Canada, in cases where interference might be caused to the free and unrestricted use of such channels in Canada. In reply I take pleasure in informing you that a copy of the note under acknowledgment is being transmitted to the Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. As soon as a reply shall have been received from Mr. Prall, I shall not fail to communicate with you again concerning this matter. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. For the Secretary of State: The Honorable SIR HERBERT MARLER, P. C., K. C. M. G., Minister of Canada. R. WALTON MOORE The Secretary of State (Hull) to the Minister of Canada (Marler) SIR: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, August 17, 1937. Reference is made to your note of March 2, 1937, and my reply of March 10, 1937, in regard to the communication by the United States to the Canadian Government of information concerning the prospective issuance of new radio licenses or the possible alteration of frequencies which may affect the use in Canada of the radio channels involved. The Government of the United States is prepared to communicate with the Canadian Government regarding proposed action on all applications for new or additional broadcast facilities which may involve interference with existing Canadian stations, provided the Canadian Government will likewise inform the Government of the United States of any new or additional facilities for broadcast stations for which application has been made to it and which may involve interference with existing stations in the United States. It should be understood in this connection that the determination of interference would be made by means of the current mileage separation tables published by the Federal Communications Commission of this Government or from field intensity measurements combined with mutually agreeable standards of allocation. I shall appreciate a statement of your Government's acquiescence in the proposed arrangement and an indication of the date upon which it is to be made effective. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. For the Secretary of State: The Honorable SIR HERBERT MARLER, P. C., K. C. M. G., E. E. and M. P., Minister of Canada. R. WALTON MOORE The Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of Canada (Wrong) to the Secretary of State (Hull) No. 185: SIR: CANADIAN LEGATION, Washington, September 8, 1937 I have the honour to refer to your note of August 17, 1937 in which you replied to the suggestion made in this Legation's note No. 46 of March 2, 1937, with regard to informing the Government of Canada concerning the prospective issuance of new radio licenses or the possible alteration of frequencies which might affect the use in Canada of the radio channels involved. I am now instructed to inform you that the Government of Canada agree in principle with the views expressed in your note of August 17 and are prepared to exchange information with the Government of the United States, commencing immediately, in the matter of any new or additional broadcast facilities which may involve interference with existing stations. With reference to the third paragraph of your note, it is assumed that it will be understood that, in the event of an agreement being signed as a result of the forthcoming Conference in Havana, the use of shared waves and the methods of determining interference shall be governed by such agreement. I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, Sir, Your most obedient, humble servant, The Hon. CORDELL HULL, Secretary of State of the United States, HH WRONG Washington: D. C. September 8, 20, 1937, October 9, 1937 The Acting Secretary of State (Moore) to the Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of Canada (Wrong) SIR: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, September 20, 1937. I have received your note of September 8, 1937 in further relation to the communication by the United States to the Canadian Government of any information concerning the prospective issuance of new radio licenses or the possible alteration of frequencies which may affect the use in Canada of the radio channels involved. I have duly noted that the Government of Canada agrees in principle with the views expressed in my note of August 17, 1937, and that it is prepared to exchange information with the Government of the United States, commencing immediately, in the matter of any new or additional broadcast facilities which may involve interference with existing stations. I am sending a copy of your note under acknowledgment to the Federal Communications Commission with a request that I be advised concerning the inquiry contained in the third paragraph of your note with regard to the use of shared waves and the methods of determining interference. As soon as I receive a reply from the Commission, I shall communicate with you again. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my high consideration. Mr. HUME WRONG, Chargé d'Affaires ad interim of Canada. The Secretary of State (Hull) to the Minister of Canada (Marler) SIR: DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, October 9, 1937. I refer to a note of September 8, 1937, from your Legation, and my reply of September 20, 1937, in further relation to the communication by the United States to the Canadian Government, on a reciprocal basis, of information concerning the prospective issuance of new radio licenses or the possible alteration of frequencies which may affect the use in Canada of the radio channels involved, and now advise you that the Department has received a letter from the Federal Communications Commission concerning the inquiry contained in the third paragraph of the note of September 8, in regard to the use of shared waves and the methods of determining interference. The Commission states that it is in accord with the understanding of your Government that, in the event of an agreement being signed as a result of the forthcoming conference in Habana, the use of shared waves and the methods of determining interference shall be governed by such agreement. The Commission adds that in the meantime it is felt that the determination of the interference should be made by the current mileage separation tables published by the Commission or from field intensity measurements combined with mutually agreeable standards of allocation. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. The Honorable SIR HERBERT MARLER, P. C., K. C. M. G., Minister of Canada. November 4, 1937 Arrangement between the United States of America and the Irish Free The American Minister (Cudahy) to the Minister for External Affairs of the Irish Free State (de Valera) No. 7 EXCELLENCY, LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Sept. 29 and Nov. 4, 1937 [E. A. S. No. 110] Reciprocal air navigation arrangement State. Reference is made to the negotiations which have taken place between the Government of the United States of America and the with the Irish Free Government of Saorstát Eireann 1 for the conclusion of a reciprocal air navigation arrangement between the United States of America and Saorstát Eireann, governing the operation of civil aircraft of the one country in the other country. It is my understanding that it has been agreed in the course of the negotiations, now terminated, that this arrangement shall be as follows: ARTICLE 1. Pending the conclusion of a convention between the United States of America and Saorstát Eireann on the subject of air navigation, the operation of civil aircraft of the one country in the other country shall be governed by the following provisions: ARTICLE 2. The present arrangement shall apply to Continental United States of America, exclusive of Alaska, and to Saorstát Eireann, including the territorial waters of the two countries. ARTICLE 3. The term aircraft with reference to one or the other Party to this arrangement shall be understood to mean civil aircraft, including state aircraft used exclusively for commercial purposes, duly registered in the territory of such Party. ARTICLE 4. Each of the Parties undertakes to grant liberty of passage to and over its territory in time of peace to the aircraft of the other Party, provided that the conditions set forth in the present arrangement are observed. 'The Irish Free State. |