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500.A15 Arms Truce/66

The Secretary-General of the League of Nations (Drummond) to the Secretary of State72

Geneva, October 2, 1931.
No. C. L. 257.1931.IX.

Sir: In execution of a decision of the Council of the League of Nations of September 30th, the text of which is attached, (C.639(l).1931.IX)73 I have the honour to forward the report and resolution relating to the armaments truce adopted by the Assembly on September 29th. (A.93.1931.IX)74

In accordance with these decisions, I would ask you to be good enough to let me know before November 1st, 1931, whether your Government is prepared, in accordance with the terms of the above-mentioned resolution and report, to accept the armaments truce proposed by the Assembly.

I have [etc.]

Eric Drummond
  1. Transmitted to the Department by the Chargé in Switzerland in his despatch No. 2268, October 3; received October 14.↩
  2. League of Nations, Official Journal, December 1931, p. 2304.↩
  3. See telegram No. 171, September 29, 11 a.m., from the Minister in Switzerland, p. 464.↩