Oil: Mexico: impropriations 218/ 00 /40
Dear Mr. Secretary,
Yon will rononber that at one
of our recent conversations regarding the
Mexican oil dispute, the question of the
terms of reference which might be adopted,
if it were eventually decided to submit
the claims of all the companies to some
form of international arbitration, was
mentioned and you were ^ood enough to say
that you would be glad to lenow tho views
of His Majesty1a Government on this point.
Foreign Office and have boon instructed to
inform you that His Kajesty's Government
have now had an opportunity of studying the
revised terms of reference which were
I duly reported this to the
c ommun ic a t ed/
r. Cordell Hull,
Secretary of State of the United States,
".ashington, D. C.
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coranunicated to you on behalf of tho
American companies by Kr. Farish In his
letter of Karen 14th.    I have been
authorised to Inform you that His Majesty's
Government concur generally In these terms
of reference which they regard as very
suitable.    I should of course make It clear
that the enc'.orssmsnt by His I'ajesty's Govern-
ment of the mention of the Netherlands
Government or of Netherlands Interests in
the terns of roforenoe i3 subject to the
concurrence of the Netherlands Government.
Furthermore, I have been instructed
to explain Tilth reforance to Article II of
the terms of reference, concerning tho method
of appointment of tho Arbitral Tribunal,
that Hia iiajasty'a Government feel - subject
again to the views of the Ketherlands
Government - that It would be appropriate
if/
If9 of the two arbitrators to be nominated
by the United States, Great Britain and the
Netherlands9 one were to be selected by the
United States and one by Great Britain and
the Netherlands acting jointly*