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The replies from the Governments of the following States are reproduced hereunder :
Page Page
United States of America 2
Belgium 4
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland 4
Bulgaria 14
Canada ' 14
Colombia --;••••. -• 16
Denmark 17
Ecuador 18
Egypt 18
France 19
Hungary 25
Ireland 25
New Zealand 26
Norway 26
Spain 19
Sweden .- 26
Switzerland 28
Turkey 30
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. . . 30
The Governments of the following States have acknowledged receipt of the Secretary-General’s
communication : Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Berne, December 3rd, 1937.
Acting under instructions from my Government, I have the honour to transmit herewith a
note, addressed to you on November 22nd, 1937, by the Secretary of State, together with its
enclosures, in reply to your communication, File No. Conf.D./C.L.iyfcj, of October 23rd, 1937,
concerning the resolution which was adopted by the Assembly on September 30th, relative to
the conclusion of an international convention on the publicity of national defence expenditure,
and in regard to the adoption of internal measures with a view to the effective supervision of the
manufacture of and the trade in arms, ammunition, and implements of war.
(Signed) Leland Harrison,
American Minister.
Department of State, Washington, November 22nd, 1937.
The Secretary of State of the United States of America refers to a note dated October 23rd,
1937, from the Acting Secretary-General of the League of Nations, enclosing a copy of a resolution
adopted by the Assembly of the League of Nations on September 30th, 1937, in regard to the
conclusion of an international convention on the publicity of national defence expenditure and
the working of an organ of supervision and co-ordination, and in regard to the examination of
internal measures with a view to the effective supervision of the manufacture of and trade in arms,
ammunition, and implements of war.
With respect to the first recommendation embodied in the resolution of the Assembly of the
League of Nations, the views of the Government of the United States of America concerning
publicity of national defence expenditures were communicated to the Secretary-General, in his
capacity as Secretary-General of the Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments,
in a note dated August 18th, 1937.1
In regard to the second recommendation embodied in the resolution, the Secretary of State wishes
to call attention to the fact that the United States of America has adopted and is now enforcing
domestic legislation of a character which would enable it to comply with practically all of the
provisions of the Convention for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms, Ammunition,
and in Implements of War, signed at Geneva June 17th, 1925, and of the Draft Articles for the
Regulation of the Trade in and Private and State Manufacture of Arms and Implements of War,
approved April 12th, 1935, by the Committee of the Disarmament Conference for the Regulation
of the Trade in and Private and State Manufacture of Arms and Implements of War. There are
enclosed two copies of the Joint Resolution of Congress approved May 1st, 1937, amending the
Joint Resolution approved August 31st, 1935, as amended, Section 5 2 of which establishes a
procedure for the supervision of the manufacture of and trade in arms, ammunition, and
implements of war ; two copies of the fourth edition of the pamphlet Laws and Regulations
Administered by the Secretary of State Governing the International Traffic in Arms, Ammunition,
and Implements of War and Other Munitions of War; and one copy of the First Annual Report
of the National Munitions Control Board for the year ending November 30th, 1936.
Notes by the Secretariat:
1 See document Conf.D.178.
2 The text of this Section is reproduced as an Annex.
The other documents communicated by the Government of the United States have been placed in the
archives of the Secretariat.
The present system in the matter of national control of the manufacture of and trade in arms will be
examined, and extracts from the relevant texts will be reproduced, in document Conf.D.184 (Enquiry
undertaken by the Secretariat in execution of the Bureau's resolution of May 31st, 1937).
The replies from the Governments of the following States are reproduced hereunder :
Page Page
United States of America 2
Belgium 4
United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Northern Ireland 4
Bulgaria 14
Canada ' 14
Colombia --;••••. -• 16
Denmark 17
Ecuador 18
Egypt 18
France 19
Hungary 25
Ireland 25
New Zealand 26
Norway 26
Spain 19
Sweden .- 26
Switzerland 28
Turkey 30
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. . . 30
The Governments of the following States have acknowledged receipt of the Secretary-General’s
communication : Chile, Guatemala, Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru.
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
Berne, December 3rd, 1937.
Acting under instructions from my Government, I have the honour to transmit herewith a
note, addressed to you on November 22nd, 1937, by the Secretary of State, together with its
enclosures, in reply to your communication, File No. Conf.D./C.L.iyfcj, of October 23rd, 1937,
concerning the resolution which was adopted by the Assembly on September 30th, relative to
the conclusion of an international convention on the publicity of national defence expenditure,
and in regard to the adoption of internal measures with a view to the effective supervision of the
manufacture of and the trade in arms, ammunition, and implements of war.
(Signed) Leland Harrison,
American Minister.
Department of State, Washington, November 22nd, 1937.
The Secretary of State of the United States of America refers to a note dated October 23rd,
1937, from the Acting Secretary-General of the League of Nations, enclosing a copy of a resolution
adopted by the Assembly of the League of Nations on September 30th, 1937, in regard to the
conclusion of an international convention on the publicity of national defence expenditure and
the working of an organ of supervision and co-ordination, and in regard to the examination of
internal measures with a view to the effective supervision of the manufacture of and trade in arms,
ammunition, and implements of war.
With respect to the first recommendation embodied in the resolution of the Assembly of the
League of Nations, the views of the Government of the United States of America concerning
publicity of national defence expenditures were communicated to the Secretary-General, in his
capacity as Secretary-General of the Conference for the Reduction and Limitation of Armaments,
in a note dated August 18th, 1937.1
In regard to the second recommendation embodied in the resolution, the Secretary of State wishes
to call attention to the fact that the United States of America has adopted and is now enforcing
domestic legislation of a character which would enable it to comply with practically all of the
provisions of the Convention for the Supervision of the International Trade in Arms, Ammunition,
and in Implements of War, signed at Geneva June 17th, 1925, and of the Draft Articles for the
Regulation of the Trade in and Private and State Manufacture of Arms and Implements of War,
approved April 12th, 1935, by the Committee of the Disarmament Conference for the Regulation
of the Trade in and Private and State Manufacture of Arms and Implements of War. There are
enclosed two copies of the Joint Resolution of Congress approved May 1st, 1937, amending the
Joint Resolution approved August 31st, 1935, as amended, Section 5 2 of which establishes a
procedure for the supervision of the manufacture of and trade in arms, ammunition, and
implements of war ; two copies of the fourth edition of the pamphlet Laws and Regulations
Administered by the Secretary of State Governing the International Traffic in Arms, Ammunition,
and Implements of War and Other Munitions of War; and one copy of the First Annual Report
of the National Munitions Control Board for the year ending November 30th, 1936.
Notes by the Secretariat:
1 See document Conf.D.178.
2 The text of this Section is reproduced as an Annex.
The other documents communicated by the Government of the United States have been placed in the
archives of the Secretariat.
The present system in the matter of national control of the manufacture of and trade in arms will be
examined, and extracts from the relevant texts will be reproduced, in document Conf.D.184 (Enquiry
undertaken by the Secretariat in execution of the Bureau's resolution of May 31st, 1937).
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