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 4076 INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS OTHER THAN TREATIES [61 STAT. that prior to the commencement of construction, each Government should provide the other with full information concerning any naval vessels to be constructed at Great Lakes ports; that such vessels should immediately be removed from the Lakes upon their comple- tion; and that no armaments whatever should be installed until the vessels reach the seaboard. The Canadian Government appreciate the force of Mr. Hull's observations, and they agree that his particular suggestion would be consistent with the underlying objective of the Agreement. They would understand that in the case of each vessel so constructed, when the time came for her removal to the seaboard, the Government concerned would make the usual request through diplomatic channels for permission to pass through the other party's waters. As regards all these matters and particular measures, the Canadian Government assume it would be understood that the foregoing obser- vations and understandings, so far as they have been expressed only with relation to United States naval vessels maintained on the Great Lakes or to naval vessels to be constructed in United States shipyards there, will apply equally to the case of any Canadian naval vessels that may be maintained on the Great Lakes or of naval vessels to be constructed in Canadian shipyards there. Yours sincerely, O. D. SKELTON The Honourable DANIEL C. ROPER, Minister of the United States of America, United States Legation, Ottawa.

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