DEPARTMENT OF STATE PUBLICATION 6809 HISTORICAL DIVISION BUREAU OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington 25, D.C. - Price $4.25 (Buckram) PREFACE The principles which guide the compilation and editing of Foreign Relations are stated in Department of State Regulation 045 of October 31, 1955, a revision of the order approved on March 26, 1925, by Mr. Frank B. Kellogg, then Secretary of State. The text of the current regulation is printed below: 045 DOCUMENTARY RECORD OF AMERICAN DIPLOMACY 045.1 Scope of Documentation The publication Foreign Relations of the United States, Diplomatic Papers, constitutes the official record of the foreign policy of the United States. 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Bernard Noble, to the Foreign Relations Branch, under the direction of the Chief of that Branch (Editor of Foreign Relations), E. R. Perkins, and the Assistant Chief of the Branch, Gustave A. Nuermberger. The compilers of Foreign Relations, 1941, Volume III, were N. O. Sappington, Francis C. Prescott, and Kieran J. Carroll. The Division of Publishing Services is responsible with respect to Foreign Relations for the proofreading and editing of copy, the preparation of indexes, and the distribution of printed copies. Under the general direction of the Chief of the Division, Norris E. Drew, the editorial functions mentioned above are performed by the Foreign Relations Editing Branch in charge of Elizabeth A. Vary, Chief, and Ouida J. Ward, Assistant Chief. For 1941, the arrangement of volumes is as follows: Volume I, General, the Soviet Union; Volume II, Europe; Volume III, The British Commonwealth, the Near East and Africa; Volume IV, The Far East; Volume V, The Far East; Volume VI, The American Republics; Volume VII, The American Republics. E. R. PERKINS Editor of Foreign Relations MARCH 12, 1959. CONTENTS THE BRITISH COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS: Conferences at Washington between President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill, with their advisers, December 1941-January Negotiations for a Lend-Lease agreement between the United States Agreement implementing the declaration of September 2, 1940, for the establishment by the United States of naval and air bases in areas leased from the United Kingdom, signed March 27, 1941. . . . Agreement and exchanges of notes between the United States and the United Kingdom and protocol between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada concerning the defense of New- foundland, signed March 27, 1941 . . . Anglo-American discussions regarding postwar relief and international Discussions regarding negotiation of a supplementary trade agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom; extension of discussions to Australia, New Zealand, and the Union of South Page Opposition of the United States Government to proposal for the es- tablishment of a Canadian Military Mission in Washington .. Arrangement between the United States and Canada respecting visits Efforts of the United States to secure fair participation with Brazil in the Canadian cotton market . . . Agreement between the United States and Canada regarding the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Waterway, signed March 19, 1941. Agreement between the United States and Canada regarding tempo- rary raising of level of Lake St. Francis during low-water periods. Arrangements between the United States and Canada for diversion of waters of the Niagara River for power purposes . . Presidential proclamation and related notes exchanged between the United States and Canada relating to the allocation of tariff quota |