TREATY-NAVAL ARMAMENT LIMITATION. APRIL 22,1930. 2887 The American Ambassador (Dawes) to the British Secretary 0+ State From American AfIl- .r I;l" 'J bassador to British lor .l .'oretgn Affatrs (Henderson) Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. No. 611. EMBASSY OF THE UNI'!'ED STATES OF AMERICA LONDON, June 5, 1930. SIR: It is the understanding of the Government of the United States that the word "category" in Article 19 of the L'Ondon Naval Treaty of 1930 means category or sub-category. The Government of the United States declares that it interprets the Treaty to mean that vessels becoming over-age of either sub-category A or sub-category B of the cruiser categories (Article 16) shall be replaceable only in that sub-category. I have the honor to state that my Government would be most happy to have a note of confirmation as to whether this interpre- tation is shared by His Majesty's Government. I have the honor to be, with the highest consideration, Sir, Your most obedient, humble Servant, THE RIGHT HONb!e (For the Ambassador) RAY ATHERTON Counselor of Emba88'lJ. ARTHUR HENDERSON, M. P., etc., etc., etc., Foreign Office, S. fV. 1. The British Secretary of ~C;;tate for Foreign Affairs (Henderson) to the ~r§~~}~hF!eecr- Amencan Ambassador (Dawes) A1Iairs. gIl A 3861/1/45. FOREIGN OFFICE,) S. W . 1. June 5th, 1930. YOUR EXCELLENCY, In the note No. 611 which Your Excellency was so good as to address to me on June 5th you stated that it was the understanding of the Government of the United States that the word" category" in Article 19 of the London Naval Treaty, 1930, meant category or sub-catebory. Your Excellency added that the Government of the United States declared that it interpreted tbe Treaty to mean that vessels becoming over-age of t3ither sub-category A or sub-category B of the cruiser categories (Article 16) shall be replaceable only in that sub-category. 2. His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom note the above understanding and interpretation of the London Naval Treaty of 1930 and concur therein. His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom do so without prejudice to Article 20(a) of that Treaty under which they understand that the tonnage to be scr9.pped and replaced in the case of the British Commonwealth of Nations by th" ~n,ooo tons of 6" cruiser tonnage wlllch may be completed before 31st December, 1936, comprises partly 6" gun cruiser tonnage and partly cruiser tonnage of the 7.5" gun "Effingham" class. I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, Your Excellency's obedient Servant, (For the Secretary of State) ROBERT VANSITTART HIS EXCELLENCY GENERAL CHARLES G. DAWES, C. B., &c., &c., &c.
