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 2466 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [54 STAT. [Translation] BEmN, October 4, 1940. FEDERAL DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ECONOMY, DIVISION OF COMMERCE. The Division of Commerce of the Federal Department of Public Economy has the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the note of Sep- tember 19 last (no. 97) from the Legation of the United States of America concerning the modification of the clause concerning hand- kerchiefs (no. 1529 (b) of the American tariff) contained in Schedule II of the trade agreement between the United States of America and Switzerland, signed on January 9, 1936, and to inform the Legation that it agrees with the proposal appearing on page 1 of the said note worded as follows: "Provided, that no handkerchiefs which were provided for in Item 1529 (b) of Schedule II of the Trade Agreement between the United States of America and Switzerland as proclaimed by the President of the United States of America on January 9, 1936, shall be excluded from classification under this item by reason of incidental handwork necessary to finish the machine work or to mend or correct defects." The Division of Commerce takes the liberty, nevertheless, of adding that according to the opinion in Swiss handkerchief-manufacturing circles it would be preferable in the text quoted above to replace the words "necessary to finish the machine work or to mend or correct defects", by the following text: ". . . necessary to finish the work done on the multiple-needle embroidery machine or to mend or correct defects." The Division of Commerce of the Federal Department of Public Economy takes this occasion to renew to the Legation of the United States of America the assurances of its high consideration. To the LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATI OF AMERICA, Bern. The American Legation to the Division of Comonerce, Swiss Federal Department of Public Economy No. 100 LEGATxON OF THE UNIED STATES OF AMERICA The Legation of the United States of America presents its com- pliments to the Division of Commerce of the Federal Department of Public Economy and has the honor to state that the Legation did not fail to transmit to its Government the contents of the Divi-

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