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Tuesday 23 August 2016

British and Americans still negotiating about naval strengths according to the Dutch newspapers De Tijd dated 14 September 1929

An item referred to tidings dated New York, USA 13th reported that the American Secretary of State Stimson (1) despite the fact that the American-British negotiations mainly were successful, there still were some minor points at issue. This statement was confirmed by tidings from Washington, USA make it clear that supporters of a big navy still continued with forcing their own way. The USA seemed to intend executing her cruiser building program.

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1. Henry Lewis Stimson (21 September 1867, New York, USA)-20 October 1950 New York), Secretary of State 28 March 1929-4 March 1933.