Waiving of Claims Against the United States

Washington, November 16, 1933

My dear Mr. President:

    I have the honor to inform you that, following our conversations and following my examination of certain documents of the years 1918 to 1921 relating to the attitude of the American Government toward the expedition into Siberia, the operations there of foreign military forces and the inviolability of the territory of U.S.S.R., the Government of U.S.S.R. agrees that it will waive any and all claims of whatsoever character arising out of activities of military forces of the United States in Siberia, or assistance to military forces in Siberia subsequent to January 1, 1918, and that such claims shall be regarded as finally settled and disposed of by this Agreement.

I am....

Maxim Litvinov

Notes: Maxim Litvinov's full title is: Maxim Litvinov, People's Commissar for Foreign Affairs.

This document was found in:

"Exchange of Notes Regarding the Establishment of Diplomatic Relations, With Memorandum and Joint Statement" in Soviet Treaty Series: A Collection of Bilateral Treaties, Agreements and Conventions, ETC., Concluded Between the Soviet Union and Foreign Powers, Volume II 1929-1939, ed. Leonard Shapiro, Ph.D. (Washington, D.C.: The Georgetown University Press, 1955), (1933)85.