DEPARTMENT OF STATE
FOR THE PRESS
JANUARY 4, 1940
No. 3
On May 28, 1938 the Secretary of State addressed a
note to the then Canadian Minister in Washington transmit-
ting an informal and tentative draft of a proposed general
treaty dealing with the utilization of the Great Lakes-
St. Lawrence Basin,   On December 26, 1939 Mr. Lorlng
Christie, the Canadian Minister in Washington, transmitted
a proposal to the Secretary of State that a meeting be
held in Ottawa between members of the public services
of the two countries for informal- discussions to clarify
a number of questions of detail preliminary to a considera-
tion of the broader questions of policy involved. This
invitation has been accepted and the following officials
will leave Washington on Saturday, January 6, to take part
in the suggested discussions:
The Honorable
Adolf A. Berle,
Assistant Secretary of State;
The Honorable
Leland Olds,
Chairman, Federal Power Conmisslon;
Mr. John D. Hickerson,
Assistant Chief, European Division,
Department of State.