2428 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. I am instructed to inform you that the Canadian Government has received appropriate assurances that the Hydro-Electric Power Com- mission of Ontario is prepared to proceed immediately with the Long Lac - Ogoki diversions and that this action has been approved by the Government of the Province. The Canadian Government is therefore giving appropriate in- structions to authorize the additional diversion of 5,000 cubic feet per second at Niagara by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario. I have the honour to be, with the highest consideration, Sir, Your most obedient, humble servant, LoRING C. CHIISTIE The Honourable CoDELL HULL, Secretary of State of the United States, Washington, D. C . The Secretary of State to the CanadianMinister DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON November 7, 1940. SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your Note No. 340 of October 31, 1940, stating that the Hydro-Electric Power Com- mission of Ontario is prepared to proceed immediately with the Long Lac-Ogoki diversions of waters from the Albany River Basin into the Great Lakes System and that this action has been approved by the Government of the Province. I note also that the Canadian Government is giving appropriate instructions to authorize the additional diversion of 5,000 cubic feet per second of water at Niagara Falls by the Hydro-Electric Power Commission of Ontario. Accept, Sir, the renewed assurances of my highest consideration. For the Secretary of State: A. A. BERLE, Jr. The Honorable LORINa C. CHRISTIE, Minister of Canada.
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