Andrássy to Delaplaine, February 28, 1877

Count Andrássy to Mr. Delaplaine.

The undersigned, minister of the imperial house and for foreign affairs, has had the honor to receive the esteemed note of the 26th instant, in which the chargé d’affaires of the United States of America, Mr. Delaplaine, was pleased, under the instructions of his government, to express the request that the imperial and royal ambassador in London of His Majesty the Emperor and King should be authorized, in the sense of Article XXIII of the treaty concluded at Washington on the 8th of May, 1871, between Great Britain and the United States of America, to indicate the third commissioner for the negotiation of the differences pending between these two states in the fisheries question.

In response to this note, the undersigned begs respectfully to inform the chargé d’affaires that he has represented the matter to His Majesty, and after having obtained His Majesty’s authorization, he has invited the imperial and royal ambassador in London to undertake the nomination of the third commissioner, in accordance with the enactment of the said article.

At the same time Count Beust has been requested to communicate forthwith the selection made by him to the foreign office in London, and to the representative of the Government of the United States at that place.

The undersigned avails himself of this occasion to renew to the chargé d’affaires the assurance of his distinguished consideration.