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500.A15 a 1/414: Telegram

The Secretary of State to the Ambassador in Great Britain (Houghton)66

[Paraphrase]
Washington, July 16, 1927—1 p.m.

166. Your No. 162, July 12, noon. This morning the British Ambassador explained to me that by class of ships Sir Austen Chamberlain meant the different classes of cruisers rather than the categories of naval craft; explanation renders his proposal valueless and of no significance to us.

Kellogg
  1. Sent also to Geneva, July 16, noon, as No. 49.↩