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United Nations — Treaty Series
1947

by means of an exchange of notes which took place today, regarding the procedure to be followed in order to establish the compensation due to Netherlands interests on account of the acts of expropriation relative to the petroleum industry in Mexico.

In view of the conclusion of a similar Agreement between the Government of Mexico and His Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom and of the close relationship uniting British and Netherlands interests in the petroleum industry in Mexico, which has been recognised in the Agreement referred to above, Her Majesty's Government in the Netherlands wish to designate a single expert in conjunction with the British Government. Should Your Excellency's Government agree to this nomination of a single expert and, on their part, also designate, a single expert it is felt that the procedure laid down in the Agreement will thereby be greatly simplified.

Kielstra

His Excellency,
Dr. Francisco Castillo Nájera,
Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Mexico, D. F.


Translation — Traduction

Department of Foreign Affairs
United States of Mexico
Mexico

Mexico, 7 February 1946

Your Excellency,

I have pleasure in acknowledging the receipt of your note of today's date, in which, with reference to the exchange of notes that has taken place between Your Excellency and the undersigned, regarding the procedure to be followed in order to compensate Netherlands subjects whose property is affected as a result of the Decree of 18 March 1938 and in view of the fact that a similar arrangement has taken place between the Government of Mexico and that of Great Britain, and
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